16 years

The base of the Yancheng Military Region was brightly lit, and the sirens that symbolized the "Level [-] Alert" sounded together. The sound of orderly footsteps was drowned in the noisy night, and the entire laboratory building was completely surrounded.

Outside D City, the car had already driven into the barren mountains, and the crescent moon on the sky was hidden in the dark clouds. Shao Qiu looked at the back seat from the rearview mirror, and slowed down the car a little.

A few minutes ago, Zhao Jincheng's news caused a small wave in this small mobile fortress.

He couldn't get through the communication, and it was hard for Liu Ruosong not to think about it when he only sent such an endless message.

Intellectually, Liu Ruosong knew that a general like Zhao Jincheng who came from the field army might have the possibility to fight in person under special circumstances, but emotionally, after receiving two restarts, everything he saw now looked like a trap aimed at Fu Yan.

Shao Qiu has never experienced restarting, and he didn't think about other places—his worries were more simple and crude, and he was afraid that something went wrong inside the military base and fell into a state of emergency combat readiness.

As for Fu Yan, he has always maintained a neutral attitude, he did not agree with Liu Ruosong, nor did he approve of Shao Qiu.

"Then what should we do now?" Shao Qiu habitually looked at Fu Yan from the rearview mirror, wanting to ask for his opinion: "Should we stay put and wait for news, or—"

"What news?" Fu Yan asked him back: "Didn't you receive the order to return to Yan before?"

As soon as he asked, Shao Qiu understood what he meant, so he stopped talking and turned his head obediently to drive his car.

Liu Ruosong also guessed that Fu Yan would not change his mind just because of an unwarranted "abnormal situation", but knowing it was one thing, but his mood was another. Come on, scratching like a cat's paw made him feel uncomfortable.

He closed his eyes irritably, pinched the bridge of his nose, and was about to take a few deep breaths to adjust his mentality, when he felt the back of his right hand get hot, and something stuck to it.

The warm skin stuck to the back of his hand, and then slowly inserted it between his fingers, tightened slightly, and encircled him gently with strength.

...It was Fu Yan's hand.

"You can't escape." In front of Shao Qiu, Fu Yan couldn't say many things in detail.His voice softened, with a helpless smile: "Whether it's a mountain of knives or a sea of ​​fire, you have to face it. Otherwise, a knife will always hang above your head, and it might fall down one day."

Liu Ruosong also understood in his heart.

If "restart" is Fu Yan's fate, then this "cheat" was imposed on him entirely to solve the end times.During the days when Fu Yan was convalescing, Liu Ruosong actually thought that perhaps it was because Fu Yan would not be infected by the zombie virus that this heavy responsibility fell on him.

Then if Fu Yan gives up this "mission", Liu Ruosong doesn't know whether God will take back his "cheat".

It would be a good thing if Fu Yan became a deserter and would not have the ability to "restart" in the future.He was afraid that God would judge him to be a passive saboteur, and take back the stolen "this life" in a fit of anger.

Then Liu Ruosong really has nowhere to cry.

This kind of gift from heaven came inexplicably, and it is not within the scope of scientific cognition at all. They don't know anything about it, so they have to be constrained everywhere, and they have to weigh every step of the way. It is a precarious balance point before you can step out.

Liu Ruosong sometimes felt that his whole body was about to be split by this double-edged sword.

On the one hand, he is grateful for this "pie" that fell from the sky, so that he did not lose Fu Yan so many years ago; but on the other hand, he hates this "fate" because it seems to be endless, as long as he takes a wrong step, It's a cliffhanger.

And they had to go.

"A lot of things, the more you think about it, the more frightening you get." Fu Yan continued: "When I first started the special training, many people in the class were afraid to be loaded into the centrifuge. Turning black—but it’s actually far less scary. If you don’t tell them the number outside, they feel nothing when they get to 4, and they grit their teeth and pass.”

Liu Ruosong turned to look at him.

"Sometimes, the more you think about it, the more frightened you will be." Fu Yan said, "Since there is no way to escape, it's better to grit your teeth and rush forward. Even if you encounter something scary, you don't have to worry about being afraid—because You have to brace yourself to save your life."

His voice was not gentle, but every word was clear.There was a lot of helplessness in his tone, which obviously should have been bitter, but perhaps because he kept smiling, it sounded very reassuring.

The temperature of Fu Yan's palm was slightly higher than that of Liu Ruosong, and the warm touch was continuously transmitted to Liu Ruosong from the overlapping skin of the two of them. The problem is coaxed.

Fu Yan seemed to be born with this ability, which could easily soothe his emotions.As long as he is still alive, Liu Ruosong will never lose his mind completely.

Liu Ruosong's noisy heartbeat slowly calmed down, he held Fu Yan's hand in silence, and moved towards him again, not caring whether Shao Qiu was watching, leaned sideways on Fu Yan, buried his face In Fu Yan's neck nest.

Fu Yan squeezed his hand vigorously, Liu Ruosong took a deep breath, and smelled the very light scent of soap on Fu Yan's body.

Shao Qiu didn't speak, he glanced at Fu Yan in the rearview mirror, then turned the rearview mirror up a little knowingly, avoiding Liu Ruosong.

Fu Yan relaxed his body, leaned back on the back of the chair, and turned his head to look at the passing scenery outside the window.

In fact, Fu Yan didn't think too much about Zhao Jincheng and about the Yancheng base - he just wanted to solve this matter.

If he wanted to solve the end times, he would never be able to fight alone. No matter what happened in Yancheng, even if the base fell and was invaded by zombies, he had to go back before making any plans.

The journey back was a bit more difficult than when we came—there were two less combatants in the team, and many routes had to be re-planned.

During the half month of the rainy season, there were many flash floods in Yuguan, and the lost loess fell on the road. Because of the collapse of the city, it could not be cleaned up in time, so it had to be diverted.

However, three days after they left City D, they finally received a voice communication from the base.

According to them, there was a first-level high-risk incident at the base on the night they left City D, and the entire base was put on high alert.

The petri dish went out of control and injured people, and the number of casualties reached more than 200. It was almost out of control for a while.All the high-level and professional medical personnel and researchers in the base were temporarily dispersed and resettled, so they did not report the situation to the outside world in time.

Three days later, the situation at the base was resolved, so all the field teams were specially notified in the form of one-to-one voice communication.

With the real news and explanation, Liu Ruosong felt a little more at ease, and the number of times of anxiety decreased significantly in the next few days, and even occasionally joked with Fu Yan to ease the atmosphere.

When leaving City D, Feng Lei prepared supplies for the three of them for half a month in order to prevent accidents on the road.

I don't know whether to say that he had foresight or what, but when Fu Yan and his party returned to Yancheng from the long detour from D city, they just announced that they had run out of food and one third of their ammunition reserves were left.

It was already evening when they returned to Yancheng. Fu Yan got in touch with the base when he was [-] kilometers away from Yancheng, and explained the situation of the return journey. When they arrived near the base, the frontier inspection post was ready.

Fu Yan parked the car outside the lookout post, then opened the door to get out, and picked up a handful of Liu Ruosong.

The sentry on duty trotted over and saluted him.

"Captain Fu, thank you for your hard work." The sentinel said, "Come with me and carry out the infection test."

Infection testing is a normal process, not to mention Fu Yan and the others who have returned from a long trip, even if they only went around the city of Yancheng to perform cleaning tasks, they have to be checked back and forth when they come back.

Liu Ruosong took off his firearms and protective gear at the door according to the procedure, and took off his training uniform jacket, leaving only a close-fitting T-shirt.Go in through the small door next to the sentry post and go to the tent next to it.

The infection test was carried out alone. Liu Ruosong hesitated for a moment before entering the tent, and instead of going in, he glanced to the side not far away and glanced at Fu Yan.

"Mr. Liu?" The sentry beside him urged him suspiciously.

Liu Ruosong hummed, but still didn't move.Fu Yan in the distance seemed to notice his gaze, and waved at him before entering the door, and Liu Ruosong obediently got into the tent.

The infection detection of field staff is very quick, not as complicated as outside, and it can be done within 10 minutes.

Liu Ruosong put on his clothes and asked casually, "Where are my teammates?"

"They're done checking, and they're already in the observation area at the back." The inspector said and handed him the logistics card: "Wait in the observation area for three hours, and you can go back to the dormitory to rest if there is no problem."

Liu Ruosong nodded, opened the tent and walked back.

The observation area is 200 meters away from the detection area. It is a temporary command post set up with military tents, which can accommodate up to 30 people.

When Liu Ruosong entered, Shao Qiu and Fu Yan were already inside. They stood and sat down. Fu Yan seemed to be waiting for Liu Ruosong. When he saw him, he rolled his eyes and smiled briefly.

Liu Ruosong also rolled his eyes, and was about to speak when he saw the curtain on the other side behind Fu Yan being pulled up, and six or seven guards came in.

Shao Qiu stood up from the chair, perplexed, and was about to ask about the situation, when Shao Xuefan walked in with a man in a suit at the end of the crowd.

Shao Qiu frowned in disgust, but Shao Xuefan looked around the room as if he hadn't seen him at all, and nodded slightly at the man beside him.

Immediately afterwards, the guards who came in first came over silently, separated the three of them one by one without any explanation, then came over and twisted Fu Yan's wrist, and bound him with a pair of shiny handcuffs hand.

Fu Yan staggered a step forward and knelt on the ground on one knee.