I have no pheromones, you smelled wrong

Lin Xu began to gradually walk in front of people, from the voices on the radio to speaking on stage as the spokesperson of the supreme leader.

Because he has to write and release various announcements for the base that insists on words, all kinds of information, large and small, will be gathered in his hands.

Even in the last days, the rules of the political game have not changed, and information is resources and weapons.

Lin Xuzheng is moving towards the center of power step by step.

The pictures and sounds in his memory flashed one after another, and Heinrich watched Lin Xu rushing about in the huge and oppressive reinforced concrete building of the Eastern Region base, busy with numbers on paper, various documents and reports, and distorted syllables on the radio. .

As for the zombies and mutated creatures that truly and anxiously threaten the survival of all human beings, for him, they only exist in photos, videos and laboratories.

After a few years of this kind of life, Lin Xu's narrow and windowless office was about to be filled with reports and drafts. Prepare to hold a meeting to discuss who will fill the gap.

When the meeting was in progress, Lin Xu was writing the radio draft of the weekly summary of the base that he was always personally in charge of. The pencil lead was broken three times by his shaking hand.

He nervously awaited the outcome of the meeting.

Heinrich enters the memories from Lin Xu's perspective, and Lin Xu's thoughts and moods will be transmitted to his consciousness, as if they were originally his own memories.

Lin Xu was not afraid at all at this time, on the contrary, he was very excited.

Unlike the bystanders in his memory, Heinrich knew Lin Xu's heartfelt feelings. Before the official candidate was finalized, Lin Xu was able to confirm that he would take over the position.He repeatedly calculated and considered, no matter what angle he stood at, he couldn't find a more suitable person than him.

Sure enough, in the early morning of that day, Lin Xu was lying on the single bed. It was already past his normal sleep time, but he was still staring at the ceiling. After a while, the moon slipped into the western sky, and someone knocked on Lin Xu's door. Said that the chiefs invited him to an emergency meeting.

The next day, when the sun climbed into the gray sky, the ventilation system sent purified cold air into the base, and people began to call him Chief Lin.

Lin Xu's work focus shifted and he became busier. From then on, there was no normal time to fall asleep. His office was almost always brightly lit.

The shortcomings of his health were completely exposed under the continuous work intensity. Heinrich was always worried that Lin Xu in his memory would collapse in the next second, but it seemed that there was a burning flame supporting him, so that he could always Face everything with a soft smile.

But Lin Xu's style is not gentle at all.

Even though Lin Xu himself didn't realize it at first, his gentle demeanor was indeed for others to see.

Even in the ordinary life before the apocalypse, there are turbulent waves hidden between his still waters and deep words, and the calm and gentle appearance hides the thousands of gullies in Lin Xu's chest.

A small clip flashed before Heinrich's eyes. It was a sad mother who broke through many guards and rushed to Lin Xu's feet, begging him to save her son. She said her son was a supernatural being. During the next clean-up operation, he was surrounded by zombie waves.

Lin Xu helped her up with lowered eyebrows, wiped away her tears, and told the mother in a sympathetic and firm voice that the search and rescue team had already started, and they would definitely do their best.

But after she limped away, the communications officer reported to him that the rescue team found that the operation team was all infected with the zombie virus and was in the process of transformation.

The sympathetic and sad look on Lin Xu's face has not been completely put away, and the cold words are already on his lips, "Shoot to death according to the regulations."

His methods are even more stubborn and resolute than those of his colleagues who were born in the military, and the commands he issued are almost to the point of cruelty.

He can assign Necessary Sacrifice tasks calmly and without a trace of guilt.

Every time, it is a new tram problem, Lin Xu will not sit still, he is the one who does not hesitate to press the wrench and make a choice.

Lin Xu will still make weekly summary broadcasts. The survivors feel that his revised new management system and various plans are extremely strict on the one hand, but effective on the other. In addition, Chief Lin always looks gentle and friendly, like a man in a fog. The pointing star with a faint outline of light, people's emotions towards him are tangled and mixed.

Most people are safe.

But once they come to the stage, the extremists who are dissatisfied with indifference and strict control have a target to target. Those who are distraught when their relatives lost their lives in field missions join them in expressing their feelings in front of Lin Xu's name. Vent anger and fear.

The cursing was circulated in private, and it would also be sorted out and handed over to Lin Xu's desk.

"Chief Lin, do you want to deal with it?"

Standing in front of the window, Lin Xu turned his back to his subordinates, and said flatly, "No need. There are not enough psychologists in the base, and we must give them some outlets to vent their emotions, lest they go crazy."

If you scold him, you can scold him. As long as the work goes well and the base operates normally, it can continue to maintain the lives of the orphans of human civilization.

This gradually pervasive disgust reached its peak after Lin Xu was accidentally infected with a zombie virus.

The accident happened when Lin Xu left the general base and was on his way to negotiate with the Beida District base. His convoy was attacked by a wave of zombies, causing heavy casualties.

But the moment the zombie virus invaded Lin Xu's immune system, his abilities were awakened and he began to fight against the virus. After a fierce and painful fight, the two reached a strange balance.

Lin Xu survived the serious injuries, but turned into a half-zombie.

He woke up again, lying on the experimental platform of the base.

The base did not plan to dissect Lin Xu, and the other high-level officials asked all the doctors to do their best to treat Lin Xu. What was in his mind was more important than anything else, but the doctors and experimenters were worried that the semi-zombified Lin Xu would attack humans, so they had to tie him up. Treat on the bench.

The chief physician found that Lin Xu's consciousness was still awake, and although he was infected with the virus, his blood and saliva were not contagious, nor did he have an instinctive tendency to attack humans. He was overjoyed. Could this be some kind of solution to the zombie virus? Method? !

However, in the base, some people who were already secretly dissatisfied with Lin Xu but could not find a breakthrough in his undisguised behavior did not know where they got the news that Lin Xu was infected with the virus, but the base wanted to do everything possible to save him. This violated the usual practice in the last days, and they refused to accept it!Why!

The top officials had to forcefully suppress these protests and urged the chief physician to hurry up.

After some research, it was found that Lin Xu was not completely controlled by the zombie virus because he had awakened the fusion ability, which has no reference value for ordinary infected people.

Lin Xu was lying on the hospital bed, but his source of information had not been interrupted. He knew what was going on outside.

One day, when the chief physician came in for a review, he said, "You should shoot me in the head."

The chief physician froze for a moment, and first comforted, "Don't worry, the virus won't continue to spread, and you won't become a zombie."

"But according to the rules, this shot should have been fired long ago."

Heinrich clearly felt that Lin Xu's mind was extremely firm at this moment, without any wavering, and he would never blink at the gunpoint.

The Chief Physician frowned deeply, looked at Lin Xu with a complicated expression, and after a long silence, he said, "Chief Lin, this is a human rule. If you are not human, you don't have to follow it. We are developing a You have read the project application form for a gene-based ability transplantation technology, but all previous experimental subjects have failed, I would like to ask, are you interested in becoming a volunteer experimental subject, fusion ability may be a breakthrough."

"Think about it, but don't think about pointing a gun at yourself. I will temporarily bind you with a restraint belt, sorry."

Before the chief doctor left, he looked back at Lin Xu, "Chief Lin, the world is still going from bad to worse, but you manage the base very well. I hope you can still have the same patience and confidence towards ordinary people as before. One day , they'll understand what you're doing."

Lin Xu was tied up on the bed and meditated overnight, and signed the informed consent form of the volunteer experiment the next morning.

He first handed over the various complicated tasks at hand to others, and then immediately devoted himself to the experiment.

There was no anesthesia in the genetic experiment, and the pain of transformation filled his nerves all the time. Lin Xu, who controlled the memory playback, speeded up and passed this section for Heinrich.

In the end, Lin Xu obtained five abilities, controlling objects, controlling time and space, deep-sea genes, controlling water, and controlling fire. At the same time, he was still receiving training on abilities, fighting, and weapons. Polished into the sharpest and most terrifying combat weapons.

And it is also a weapon that is not afraid of zombie virus infection.

Since then, Lin Xu has devoted himself to fierce battles on the front line. People can hardly see him in the base. Only Lin Xu's name can be heard every time a battle report is made, and then he will be dispatched in the next battle. Listen again.

There are still people who don't know the details of the transformation experiment and are not upset that Lin Xu made an exception and survived, and even got the power transplanted from other people with supernatural powers, as if Lin Xu enjoyed all the benefits that they couldn't reach.

Lin Xu never refuted these remarks, and he didn't talk much after that. He began to get used to walking alone, like a silent lone wolf, injured again and again in fierce battles, and relied on himself to heal again and again.

The burning flame in his heart was extinguished by the storm and heavy rain, and the ashes were submerged in water, turning into a cold, wet and deep swamp.

The gentle mask was completely torn off.

The relationship between the survivors of the base and Lin Xu became increasingly tense.

Under the last zombie attack that was enough to destroy the general base of the Eastern Region, Lin Xu refused the rescue of his old classmate, the leader of the Northern Region, Alfred.

"Alfred, true courage is not fighting for survival, but facing the fall of humanity."

"……do you have?"

"I have."

"...Are you going to refuse my help in order to prove that you have the courage?"

"No, I stayed because I wanted to fight for them one last time." Lin Xu said, "Don't ask any more, Alfred, you have enough manpower there, and there is no shortage of me."

Lin Xu didn't break his promise. He fought to the last breath, with only a little strength left to open the space-time tunnel, and let the force field in the space tunnel tear apart all the enemies around him.

When he woke up again, he was on the frontier planet of the Dionysus region of the empire.

Lin Xu struggled for a while in the chaos with pain all over his body. He quickly learned the imperial language, and made a fortune through the underground bounty missions in the border area, and got a new identity in the black market.

Next, Heinrich watched as Lin Xu passed the exams that were accepted throughout the empire and entered the top-ranked Capital Star University. Successfully entered the work of the Ancient Earth Museum.

Under the blue sky and white clouds in the Kakalamo Plain, Lin Xu built a white retro bungalow for himself, and picked up two cubs, one black and one white, from the grass to raise.

The past full of blood and death was transported away from him and buried deep in his mind, until today the owner of the memory took the initiative to tear the scars and showed Heinrich everything without reservation.

After breaking away from the synaesthesia, the fragments of the picture still showed some corners like shells washed up on the beach by the waves. Lin Xu rubbed the center of his brows, but when he turned his head, he found that Heinrich was looking at him. There are indescribable emotions.

"Any ideas?"

Heinrich's lips parted slightly, but he didn't make a sound right away. His silver hair was pressed against his forehead by the spiritual power link helmet, and was soaked in sweat.

Even though Lin Xu is sitting in front of him completely now, he watched the thrilling battle in Lin Xu's memory, and his heartbeat was still clenched, like a suffocator, always worried that Lin Xu would lose his life in the next moment and become a pile of doomsday One of Chengshan's corpses.

Heinrich paused for a long time until Lin Xu tilted his head in doubt.

"...Do you want to see my memory?"

Lin Xu took off his helmet, "If you search for the story of Marshal Chu on the Internet, hundreds of millions of pages will pop up. I have read many of them."

"Some of it is fake news."

For example, the main ship Victoria can turn into a human form, and it is Heinrich Chu's secret lover.

"I know, after all, the real Marshal Chu is in front of me." Lin Xu smiled.

"Lin Xu..."

"Ok?"

"..."

"It's nothing."

The words were on his lips, but Heinrich hesitated and didn't know how to speak to Lin Xu.

He became quiet all of a sudden, and the repressed emotions brought back from his memory made his face look more serious at this moment, against the cold light of the instrument panel in the cockpit, his lips were tightly pressed into a straight line, even a little unreasonable.

Lin Xu can face the past calmly, he is very clear about what he is doing, and does not regret any of the choices he has made.

Whether it is as a commander to send soldiers to the battlefield that must die, or to personally break into the mountain of corpses and blood.

But Heinrich, who watched Lin Xu's past sufferings, could not.He could have guessed that Lin Xu had experienced countless battles, but if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, people living in the civilized world would not be able to imagine the horror and despair when order collapsed.

Heinrich didn't know how to say to the other party the words that appeared in his heart for a moment.

The thoughts in his heart don't have any grand or heavy meaning, they are very small, so small that when facing the dark burden of death, it will appear out of place.

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The memory playback time exceeded the limit by 10 minutes. After Heinrich and Lin Xu walked out of the mecha warehouse together, they took the elevator to send Lin Xu back to Area H.

Lin Xu didn't close the door when he came out, and Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai had already squeezed out of the door skillfully and rolled around in the corridor.

After seeing the two of them, he ran over and rubbed his trousers.

Heinrich's pace was blocked by Xiao Hei, and he raised his military boots, but he didn't know whether to push Xiao He out with the back of his feet, or let the rabbit rub his ears.

Lin Xu leaned over and fished the two rabbits and cats into his arms, and asked, "Is there still work?"

"Summary of the closing meeting."

"Go quickly." Lin Xu stood in front of the door and rubbed the cat's head.

Heinrich nodded, waiting for Lin Xu to enter the door, Lin Xu also looked at him, waiting for Heinrich to turn and leave.

No one wants to be the one who leaves first. The synaesthesia seems to pull the two into a pool of sticky hot glue. The words become less, but the consciousness seems to be still connected.

Lin Xu patted Heinrich on the shoulder, signaling him to go quickly, and Xiaobai imitated Lin Xu and stretched out his white paw to press on Heinrich's shoulder.

Heinrich responded, raised his foot and turned around, but fell back before taking two steps.

"Lin Xu..."

"I'm here."

Lin Xu stared at his thin lips, wanting to hear what Heinrich said from the mecha all the way here.

He was familiar with Heinrich's expression of wanting to speak but not knowing what to say to him.

This expression is always hidden under the seriousness and coldness of a slight frown.

But Heinrich still didn't speak, a pair of big hands covered his cheeks, his thumbs pressed against his lips, the calluses on his fingertips were hard and rough, but his palms were dry and warm.

Heinrich's thumb pressed down.

He knew that there were two dimples on Lin Xu's cheeks, but they only appeared when the smile was deep. Even in his past memory, Heinrich only saw them once or twice.

His thumb pulled up the muscles of Lin Xu's face again.

Lin Xu raised his eyebrows and looked at Heinrich suspiciously, but Heinrich's eyes only fell on the lower half of his face.

His face was held by Heinrich's hands, and the facial muscles connecting his lips were pressed by the other party, making it difficult to open his mouth to speak.

Heinrich pressed the corner of his lips, feeling a little disappointed for some reason.

But thank God, he was finally willing to look up at Lin Xu's gray eyes.

Lin Xu watched as Heinrich opened his lips, revealing a little bit of white and neat teeth. He pursed his lips again, and almost stopped breathing to brew the question that had been hidden for a long time.

"Lin Xu, can you smile again?"