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Ling Qian and Lin Sai knew each other very early.

It was not long after the outbreak of the virus. He had just left the research institute and was looking for a place to stockpile supplies with Xiaobai. It happened that Lindsay was trapped in a dead alley by 4 or 5 living corpses. A little girl with black hair.

He offered a favor without thinking too much. Afterwards, he always remembered the look in Lindsay's eyes at that time: those were the eyes of ferocious beasts. Even if they were cornered, they would give the other party a fatal blow even if they were cornered.

Afterwards, they met several times in different places, sometimes she was alone, sometimes she was accompanied by others, and they officially met after helping each other a few times.

Lindsey never asked him to join his party, never asked him what he actually did, or why he had a wolf with him.Sometimes Ling Qian even felt that she was a little cold, and only saw her own goal in her eyes. As for the others, as long as it was not an obstacle, she would not distract herself to take a second look.

So he always felt that they could not be called friends.

When he saw Takeno stand up that night, he was actually a little surprised. He didn't expect Lindsay to bury the chess pieces so deep.However, after listening to Takeno himself talk about the past, he realized that it was not Lin Sai that had calculated all of this first, and all he had to do was forced to. Thinking about the little girl she held in her hand to protect her back when they first met, probably She is Takeno's younger sister.

But he had never seen Lindsay lose his composure.In his memory, Lindsay has always been a brave female warrior, who can stand up again after being knocked down, and will never admit defeat.

Right now, he looked at Lindsay in a trance and felt a little strange.

"How is he?" Ling Qian squatted down beside Zhuye, rolling his eyelids.

"It looks better now. The attack happened yesterday. I thought he couldn't make it through." Lindsay's voice was hoarse.

After performing a simple check on Zhuye, Ling Qian pondered for a second, glanced at Lindsay, and slowly lifted the blanket covering him.

Although it was simply cleaned up, Ling Qian's gaze shrank imperceptibly as soon as it landed on Zhuye's chest——

The location of his heart had turned into deep black, and blood vessels spread ferociously from there, extending to his limbs. The arteries near his neck had bulged slightly from under the skin, and were weakly rising and falling with the heartbeat.

"Is the situation serious?" Lindsay didn't look at Ling Qian, and raised his hand to gently straighten Zhuye's forehead.

"Inhibitors themselves have great damage to body functions. Although it is a matter of time before you get to this point after being infected with the virus, no one has survived the second injection before. At present, I am not sure how long it can be delayed. He You've also seen these things on your body." Ling Qian's voice was a little low.

"That is to say, he doesn't know when he will have another attack. At that time, nothing can save him, right?" Lindsay raised his hand and quickly wiped the corners of his eyes, trying his best to suppress the faint tremor in his voice.

Ling Qian nodded silently.

After a while, Lindsay said, "I see."

She raised the back of Takeno's hand and gently kissed it. When she looked at Ling Qian again, her eyes became clear and calm: "Are you here to find me or Boss Wei for something?"

Ling Qian didn't deny it, but a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Lindsay saw his expression and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Everyone has prepared for this step, it's a matter of time. At least I still have a chance to say goodbye to him."

She turned her eyes to the entrance of the tent, squinted her eyes for recognition, and her eyes suddenly became sharp: "Is this the companion you brought over last time?"

Ling Qian nodded: "Yes."

Lindsay's eyes turned cold, and she stood up: "It seems that you are here to find Boss Wei. His tent is over there."

Ling Qian seemed to have expected her reaction a long time ago, stood up silently, without moving for a while, his eyes were filled with thought.

Lindsay stared at him for a few seconds, then laughed suddenly: "I see, I will let 'he' wait for you."

Lu Ze's eyes flashed suddenly, as if he had a premonition of something.

Ling Qian nodded: "Thank you, Lindsay."

Lindsay didn't say anything more, and sat down beside Takeno again.

"Who is 'he'?" Chen Xin asked with some doubts after they left.

Lu Ze looked at Ling Qian and said in a low voice, "Is it stargazing?"

Ling Qian nodded, his eyes fell on the back of the camp: "Go and see Wei Junting first."

Wei Junting's tent was at the back of the camp, not far from the back door of the camp.It can be seen that after being raided by Jacques last time, they rearranged and strengthened the security of the entire camp. Lindsay's camp was at the front, while Wei Junting personally guarded the rear.

Knowing that they were coming, Wei Junting dismissed the surrounding guards in advance, the curtain of the tent was hung to one side, and he stood there, with a simple wooden table and a few chairs behind him.

Before Ling Qian could say anything this time, Lu Ze slowed down first, his eyes fell on Wei Junting, and the eyes behind the mask slowly changed from thinking to shock and disbelief.

Ling Qian noticed his abnormality, turned his head slightly to look over, but Lu Ze ignored him, stepped forward into the tent, took off the mask on his face, and said in a deep voice, "It's you."

Both Ling Qian and Chen Xin felt a little inexplicable, and they stopped a few steps behind Lu Ze at the same time, looking at the two people in front.

Wei Junting also seemed a little surprised when he heard the words. He turned around, his eyes fell on Lu Ze, his eyes narrowed, and then he seemed to remember something, and the expression on his face turned cold: "It's you."

If it was said that he was still not sure that night at a long distance, then seeing the scar on this man's face from the left forehead to the right ear undoubtedly confirmed his guess——

The man in front of him was exactly the one he saw on the last day when he evacuated the old city.

At the beginning, he had some vague guesses, because that person's aura was too strong, even if he didn't need to say anything, standing there, he would naturally give people the feeling that he was the leader.

And now it turns out that he has indeed become the leader of the surviving infected, at least one of them.

Wei Junting stared at Lu Ze for a few seconds, and stretched out his hand first: "Wei Junting."

Lu Ze stretched out his hand to hold him: "Lu Ze."

Wei Junting smiled: "I didn't expect to meet under such circumstances. Sometimes I really have to admit that life's encounters are wonderful."

Lu Ze's eyes flashed: "I think I should owe you an apology."

Wei Junting raised a finger and shook it: "No need, Captain Lu. If you have to say it, you shouldn't be the one who apologized. I don't have as much hostility to the outside world as Lindsay, but I really can't talk about it." I understand that the two sides have different positions and will inevitably make different choices and trade-offs, but understanding is one thing, and others are another."

Lu Ze lowered his eyes, and after a few seconds of silence, he asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

Wei Junting took a look at Ling Qian and Chen Xin, and said politely: "Professor, I want to have a private talk with Team Lu, please stay away for a while."

Chen Xin looked at Lu Ze, Lu Ze nodded slightly towards him, while Ling Qian's eyes turned between the two of them, turned and walked out in silence.

There was a moment of silence in the tent.

"Lieutenant Lu, before I speak, I would like to ask you a few questions."

Lu Ze's eyes moved, and he looked over: "Say it."

"You didn't come here just to find us, did you?"

Lu Ze didn't answer directly: "Why do you say that?"

There was a bit of teasing in Wei Junting's eyes: "I worked as a mercenary for several years before the virus broke out, and I don't want to mention some of the tasks I performed now. Of course, it's easy to talk about doing things with money, but this also makes me think about that Some understanding of the rules of the 'machine' operation.

"I know that they will choose to protect the interests of the majority when they face major problems. This is not wrong, but it does not mean that a few people must always stand on the side of the sacrifice. , we also have the right to take up arms to protect ourselves."

"So?" Lu Ze's eyes darkened a little.

"I want to know if your coming here today represents some wishes of your base, or just represents yourself." Wei Junting stared at him firmly.

Lu Ze looked at him and didn't speak for a moment.

"On the last day of the evacuation, we had already gathered a considerable number of infected people who had not turned into corpses. At first I was not sure whether to take them out. It was a friend of mine who persuaded me. He told me many things were wrong. You will never know the result if you try it. I shouldn't think everything is so absolute.

"I compromised and took our people out of the city and came to your cordon. I want to see if I can negotiate. We don't dare to expect to return to your new base with you, but just give us a A place where we can settle down, even if we are isolated, as long as we can survive. That's what I thought at the time.

"It's a pity that you also saw the result. There is no room for it. They don't care about our life and death. Perhaps in their view, as long as they are infected, they have lost their qualifications as 'humans' and can only be abandoned and cleaned up. How grand.

"We didn't even know there was going to be a bombing. When it was all over and we counted the survivors, I found out that my friend had died in the bombing. Maybe it was a good thing for him, at least he didn't have to face it." Cruelty to the disillusioned aftermath.

"If there is one thing I have learned from the past, it is this: If you want to stand firm and survive at any time, you have to rely on yourself. If you are not strong enough, you are not qualified to speak at any time. Your voice will always be Will not be heard. Others may have pity on a whim, but it is only a whim.

"As for now, I dare not say what I have achieved, but at least you have come to me on your own initiative."

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Extra New Year's Eve

The weather in the southeast coast has always been warm, and this year's weather is even more sunny. After January, it has been warm for half a month.

Lu Ze had just led the team to carry out the mission. This time he went out for a long time. He left in mid-December. He hurried along the way and finally returned to the base before mid-January.

A group of 6 people got out of the car in disgrace. After receiving the first round of quarantine and disinfection in the buffer zone outside the gate, they could enter the gate. Until then they were still in isolation.

Lu Ze took the lead, with a helmet under his arm and a gun in one hand. The dark camouflage on his face hadn't been wiped clean, and his eyes were filled with a layer of fatigue.

They walked all the way into the research institute through a special passage, because they had been notified in advance that a temporary disinfection passage had been set up there.

As soon as Lu Ze walked in, he began to look around, as if looking for someone.When he walked into the hall to draw blood and sat down on the seat, he put the helmet in his hand aside, stretched out his arms and rolled up his sleeves, while watching the little girl in front of him prepare cotton swabs and needles, he scanned around. Open the mouth: "Your Professor Ling is not here today?"

The little girl is probably new here, she was a little confused when asked by Lu Ze: "Huh?"

Lu Ze sighed: "Professor Ling, you don't know him?"

The little girl said hesitantly: "Ling... Ling... There are several colleagues surnamed Ling. I don't know who you are asking?"

Lu Ze sighed again: "That must be the most handsome one."

When he said this, the little girl blushed instantly. She was about to take his blood vessels with the rubber tube in her hand, but now she was a little embarrassed: "I...I don't know..."

It just so happened that Tang Qing came out of the inner office at this time, and when she passed the hall, she heard the movement here, came over and patted the little girl on the shoulder: "Let me do it."

When the little girl turned her head, she was even more taken aback: "Tang... Senior Colonel Tang..."

Tang Qing smiled: "It's okay, I'll come, you help me send this document to 503 in the opposite Bailou."

The little girl took the file bag in her hand, glanced at Lu Ze, and ran away hastily.

Tang Qing glanced at Lu Ze, tied the rubber tube to his arm, patted on his forearm, and picked up a cotton swab soaked in iodine: "Why, Captain Lu, you bullied our rookie just after you came back? The little girl is a good seedling, and I plan to take her after the probationary period."

Lu Ze smiled and said, "Colonel Tang personally drew my blood. It's an honor, an honor."

Tang Qing stuck the needle into the blood vessel, loosened the rubber tube on it, and watched the dark red blood pour into the test tube at hand, she smiled and said: "I'm afraid you don't want me to pump it for you?"

Lu Ze quickly denied: "How could that be? It's a real honor for you to come here in person."

Tang Qing glared at him: "Okay, I know what you're thinking, my junior brother just came home. It's fine if you come back, he can't wait to take over the laboratory for half a month."

Lu Ze frowned: "So busy?"

"At the end of last month, he took on a new project, which happened to be his field of interest, and you were not around, so I almost had to stare at him before he left after get off work."

Lu Ze didn't speak, and a layer of distress appeared in his expression.

Tang Qing put his name on his sampling tube and put it away: "So I didn't tell him that you were coming today, and told him to go back to rest early. Anyway, you are going to stay in the isolation room all night tonight, so you are not in a hurry Let him come to see you?"

Lu Ze looked at Tang Qing and said sincerely, "Thank you."

The isolation room is a single room, the lock is from the outside, there is a transparent bulletproof glass on the front, and there is an internal telephone by the wall, which is the only means of contact with the outside world.

The room is not big, with a single bed, a Holter monitor beside the bed, and no other furniture.

Generally speaking, members of the combat team who go out to perform missions have to stay in the isolation room for a day every time they come back to wait for the blood test results. If it is normal, then I will live here forever, waiting for the research to produce a specific analysis report.

Like Lu Ze and the others who have been running outside all year round, the process of returning every time has almost become routine. Although the environment here is depressing, they don't care so much if they just stay for one night.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Tang Qing entered the office the next day, the little girl who drew Lu Ze's blood yesterday knocked on her door in a panic: "Colonel Tang, the action team that came back yesterday, their captain, Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze, His blood analysis was a little abnormal."

Tang Qing was a little surprised, and took the report from her: "Let me take a look."

There was some hesitation on the little girl's face: "Then the others passed, did they..."

Tang Qing raised her head and glanced at her: "If the test results meet the standards, just go through the normal process."

The little girl responded and ran out.

When Ling Qian entered the office in the morning, he happened to meet Chen Xin and the others coming out of the institute's gate. After greeting them one by one, he didn't see Lu Ze. He took out his mobile phone to check, and there was no news of that person. After thinking for a while, he went directly to Tang Qing's office.

Tang Qing had just finished reading Lu Ze's report when Ling Qian walked in. She raised her eyebrows: "So early?"

Ling Qian didn't play around with her either: "Senior sister, is there something wrong with Lu Ze's blood test report?"

Tang Qing sat back: "It's not a big problem at the moment, but there is one thing that needs to be tested again, and I'm planning to go to the isolation room."

Ling Qian looked at her and pondered for a second: "I'll do it."

Tang Qing smiled: "I knew you would say that, forget it, even if you don't give it to you, you won't feel relieved, so let you do it."

Ling Qian also showed a smile on his face: "Thank you, Senior Sister."

Lu Ze woke up on time at 7 o'clock in the morning. According to the past practice, if there were no problems, someone would come to inform them to take them out around this time. As a result, he waited until almost 8 o'clock and there was no movement.

Although he had some bad premonitions in his heart, he still quietly lay on the bed with his clothes on.

He didn't move until he heard the door open with a "click", but slowly opened his eyes.

As soon as his eyes touched the visitor, he sat up from the bed: "Why are you here?"

There was surprise in the voice.

Ling Qian's camouflage was covered with a white coat. After entering the door, he didn't come over in a hurry, but leaned against the door: "When did you come back?"

Lu Ze felt a little guilty: "I arrived at noon yesterday. When I was drawing blood, I heard from Tang Qing that you have been busy with experiments for half a month. You didn't have a good rest, so I didn't tell you."

After a long silence, Ling Qian sighed and walked over.

Lu Ze opened his arms and hugged him.

Smelling the faint scent of soap locust on his lover's neck, he took a deep breath: "I didn't feel it when I was outside, but when I came back, I realized that I haven't seen you for so long."

The corners of Ling Qian's mouth curled up slightly, and he also hugged him back.

Lu Ze's breathing slowly moved to the base of his ears, and his voice was a little vague: "I miss you."

Ling Qian said helplessly: "There is surveillance here."

Lu Ze raised his head from his shoulder and gave him a wronged look.

Ling Qian's heart softened, he didn't say anything, and closed his eyes slightly with some connivance,

A successful smile appeared on the corner of Lu Ze's mouth, and he raised his head and shouted in the direction of the monitor: "Don't look at evil."

Then he kissed the corner of his lover's lips.

Lu Ze's blood test results came out that afternoon, and there was nothing abnormal. Ling Qian went to the isolation room to pick up the person himself.

As soon as the two walked downstairs, they met Tang Qing head-on. She seemed to have just come back from the outside, with her hands in the pockets of her white coat, and she looked at Lu Ze with a smile: "Captain Lu, I don't want to be studying So see you again."

Lu Ze touched his nose and laughed twice.

Ling Qian looked at Tang Qing: "Senior Sister, if I have nothing to do these days, I will take a few days off. Assistants have been arranged to guard the laboratory."

Tang Qing seemed to think of something: "No problem. Speaking of which, today seems to be New Year's Eve, right? Although everyone in the base is celebrating a holiday, it's still a day of reunion. Let's go back early."

Ling Qian smiled: "Come to our place for dinner tonight, it will be more lively if there are more people."

Tang Qing raised her eyebrows: "Are you cooking?"

Ling Qian glanced at Lu Ze: "How dare you eat my cooking?"

Tang Qing dragged out her voice, "Oh—" and said, "It seems that Team Lu is cooking, so I must come."

Ling Qian laughed: "Then it's settled."

Although it is not a festival, the base still retains a little tradition of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. At 12 o'clock, the old clock tower on the central axis rang 12 bells on time.

Lu Ze and Ling Qian had just seen off the guests at home, when they went downstairs, the first bell rang,

Xiao Bai next to the two of them seemed to be taken aback, and suddenly raised his tail and looked around vigilantly.

Ling Qian frowned: "New Year's Eve."

Lu Ze clasped his hand, tilted his head and kissed his forehead: "Happy New Year."

Ling Qian turned his head and kissed the corner of Lu Ze's mouth: "Every year has its present."

The fragmentary light from the street lamp behind him was reflected in his eyes, like a bright star lake.

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Quietly, Mimi adds a small episode~

Professor Ling dragged his family to greet everyone~