Hearing the call, Bai Duan stopped in his tracks, followed the prestige somewhat unexpectedly, and saw a man in sportswear with a haggard face protruding from the shadow of the house not far away, but his facial features could still be seen , A slim woman.
"Xiao Duan, is it really you?!" Seeing Bai Duan stop, the girl's eyes lit up suddenly, and she quickly walked a few steps, fully exposing herself to the sunlight. She even raised her hand, brushed away her somewhat messy hair, and tried to expose her entire face, "Do you remember me? I'm Bai Ting!"
"...Miss Xiaoting." Bai Duan hesitated for a moment, then called out.
Bai Duan and Bai Ting are orphans of the same orphanage, because the head's surname is Bai, so most of the children who don't remember their own names follow the head's surname.
Bai Duan is relatively withdrawn and doesn't like to communicate with other orphans, but Bai Ting is completely different. She is two years older than Bai Duan, with a sensible and gentle personality. She is very popular in the orphanage, even Bai Duan does not reject her approach, at least she is not as annoying as other orphans.
Of course, the friendship between Bai Duan and Bai Ting is limited to this. Bai Ting's good popularity makes all the orphans like to be with her, so Bai Duan doesn't spend long time with her. After Bai Ting goes to school, she is even more busy. Busy getting along with classmates, busy studying hard to take the college entrance examination, the intersection with Bai Duan is even less.
Bai Duan originally just greeted her politely, but Bai Ting suddenly lost control of her emotions, and ran over quickly with teary eyes, as if she wanted to have a long-lost reunion hug.
Bai Duan frowned, and took a step back indiscriminately—although he and Bai Ting had known each other since childhood, their relationship was not good enough to embrace, not to mention that he just had a lover, how could he be in front of his lover? face so close to other people
At the same time, Nie Lanlei couldn't just sit back and watch someone—whether male or female—try to cuddle with his sweetheart in vain. Seeing that Bai Duan took the initiative to distance herself from the woman, he was quite satisfied, but he still moved his body and stood in front of Bai Duan with a cold face, making no secret of his dissatisfaction and hostility towards Bai Ting.
Although Bai Ting's emotions were a little out of control, she did not lose her ability to observe words and emotions. She stopped in embarrassment, lowered her head and wiped her tears, and forced a smile: "Sorry, I'm too emotional..."
"It's okay." Bai Duan shook his head, not quite sure how to greet this "childhood sweetheart" who had been estranged for a long time.
Fortunately, Bai Ting was not someone who would let the conversation go cold. Seeing Bai Duan's cold reaction, she sighed softly, with some emotion and envy in her tone: "It seems that you are doing well after the end of the world?"
Bai Duan nodded and did not refute this fact. In fact, even if the end of the world comes, he has basically never suffered.
In the beginning, Bai Duan was nimble and able to protect himself. In addition, supplies were relatively abundant at that time. He was almost never hungry all the way from the rented house to the military base; Life can also be called ample food and clothing. Even if he leaves the base and settles in the western mountainous area, he will often receive "gifts" from animals, eating all the wild fruits and vegetables in the mountains and wild small animals.
As for Nie Lanlei's arrival, Bai Duan's quality of life has risen in a straight line. The whole person has been nourished by the other party, with a rosy complexion and a radiant look - of course, it may also be because he has just fallen in love and is in a good mood - it seems that the mental state is better than that of Nie Lanlei. It was much better to be alone in the pre-apocalypse, and it was very different from other survivors struggling to survive and pale and haggard.
Bai Duan was so frank and honest that Bai Ting really didn't know how to react, so she could only bite the bullet and continue the topic: "I heard that the Southern Military Region established a survivor base, is it true? You are in the base now ?"
"There is indeed a base." Bai Duan nodded, not hiding anything, "I stayed there for a while before, but I didn't get used to it, so I left."
Bai Duan's tone was very flat, but Bai Ting showed an incredible expression: "Leaving the base? Then where do you live now?"
"I haven't found the place I like yet, maybe I will go to another city." Bai Duan lied without changing his expression, without the slightest bit of guilt.
After the apocalypse, he has long learned that "defense against people is indispensable"—of course Nie Lanlei was an accident—and he is not willing to tell an "outsider" about the "paradise" of himself, Nie Lanlei, and the animals.
Hearing Bai Duan's answer, Nie Lanlei also turned to look at him, giving him a happy and approving look.
Bai Ting didn't know how much she believed Bai Duan's words, but she looked at him with more fiery eyes. She had just witnessed Bai Duan's strength, and she saw how easily he manipulated plants to kill a large group of zombies.
Bai Ting has seen many supernatural powers, but no one has ever reached the level of Bai Duan's power. As for Nie Lanlei's spiritual powers, they are invisible and intangible. It is taken for granted that all the credit for killing a large number of zombies is placed on Bai Duan alone, while Nie Lanlei, who "hides" behind Bai Duan with a youthful appearance, is regarded as a protected motivator.
"You are so strong, even if you leave the base, you can live a good life." Bai Ting smiled wryly, "It's not like me, even if you want to go to a military base, you don't have the ability..."
"I remember when I was at the military base, the military would send rescue teams to rescue survivors every once in a while?" Bai Duan didn't seem to understand what Bai Ting meant.
"Even if a rescue team is sent, it's impossible to really enter the urban area. After all, the roads here are probably not smooth..." Bai Ting sighed lightly and shook her head.
Bai Duan understood.
Even if the military base will rescue survivors, it must be within their capabilities. The roads in the urban area are impassable, and it is impossible to drive a car. If the soldiers enter the city on foot, it will not only be extremely dangerous, but also consume a lot of food and water, and it may not be possible to bring the survivors out of the urban area smoothly. The gains outweigh the losses, and naturally no one wants to do it.
"So... can you help me and take me to the military's survivor base?" Bai Ting looked at Bai Duan with full expectation, and seeing him frown slightly, she didn't seem to be happy, so she quickly added, "I'm pretty good at it. , I’m a power user again, I won’t hold you back!” She raised her hand, and a halo of light appeared on the palm of her hand, “I am a power user of the light system, and I have the ability to accelerate the healing of the human body. Although it is not very lethal to zombies, it also has a certain expulsion effect - I will definitely come in handy!"
I have to say that the power of the light system is still a relatively useful and rare ability among humans. The healing effect is very popular, but it is quite tasteless for Bai Duan and Nie Lanlei who are basically invulnerable .
Bai Duan has ruthlessly rejected many people's requests for help since the apocalypse, even for people she knows without hesitation: "Sorry, the place we are going to is not in the same direction as the survivor's base."
After all, he turned around and wanted to leave, but why would Bai Ting just let this opportunity pass by
"Wait a minute! Xiao Duan!" She stretched out her hand to grab Bai Duan's arm, but Nie Lanlei blocked it quickly, her face was filled with grievance and anxiety, and her usually gentle voice involuntarily became a little sharp, "Don't you look at it?" For the sake of our acquaintance since we were young—we can’t just ignore the death of Dean Bai, can we?!”
"Dean Bai?" Bai Duan was stunned for a moment, "Is she here too?"
"Yes! She's here too! When the end came, I happened to be visiting the headmaster in the orphanage. Most of the children turned into zombies, and several nurses either turned into zombies or rushed back home—I protect I watched Dean Bai and the rest of the children escape here all the way, but the zombies are getting more and more powerful, and the supplies around are getting less and less. I am the only one who can't take care of so many people... I have also asked many people passing by. Survivors, but they are unwilling to take us, the old and young, women and children, so... so we really have no choice!" Bai Ting burst into tears, her eyes were full of despair and hope, and even a little The crazy look is no longer the excited but rational look just now, "Principal Bai has been kind to you in nurturing you, she is so good to you, even if she is a mother, can you just look at her?" Die?!"
I have to say that Bai Ting really hit Bai Duan's weakness.
In this world, the only person he is grateful to, the only person who has been helped but has not been repaid, is Dean Bai of the orphanage. Dean Bai used to be a strong woman who made a lot of money but neglected her family. Her husband was unbearable and his wife was busy with work all day long and couldn't stay home, and she had an affair in the marriage. When Principal Bai found out, he divorced and lived alone with his son.
However, due to unforeseen circumstances, Dean Bai's sensible and well-behaved son, who was admitted to a prestigious university, died in a car accident one day, leaving Dean Bai alone, with the white-haired man sending the black-haired people.
The derailment of her husband and the death of her son hit Dean Bai hard. When her family was ruined and she was alone, she finally realized how wrong it was for her to put her career above her family.
Without her family, Dean Bai also lost the motivation to climb to the top of her career. She used her life savings to set up an orphanage, and transferred all her tenderness, maternal love, and guilt towards her son to the adopted orphans. Bai Duan and Bai Ting belonged to the first batch of orphans she adopted, and they were also one of the children she devoted the deepest affection to.
Even though Bai Duan was withdrawn and indifferent by nature, Dean Bai was indeed an important person to him. If Dean Bai was in danger, he would definitely not be able to turn a blind eye.
Pursing her lips, Bai Duan finally looked at Bai Ting, and frowned dissatisfiedly: "Since Dean Bai is here, why didn't you say it at first?"
"Because, because I'm afraid that you are like other people, unwilling to bring so many old people and children..." Bai Ting's eyes flickered, her tone was extremely disturbed, "I originally planned... I will tell you after you promise me of… "
Bai Duan stared at Bai Ting with distrust in her eyes. And Bai Ting was already guilty and guilty. How could she bear such gazes, and the tears that had stopped for a while flowed down again: "I, I don't want to, and I don't want to leave Dean Bai and the children behind! But I really There is no way! From the end of the world to the present, I have been the only one protecting them and finding food and drink for them. Until now, I am almost at the end of my life—I have really tried my best, but I am tired and I can’t take it anymore. ... I also want to live!"
Hearing Bai Ting's inner thoughts, Bai Duan was stunned for a moment, and finally his eyes slowed down a bit: "It's not your fault, people have survival instincts, and it's not easy for you to take care of them until now."
Even Bai Duan himself, after the apocalypse, only cared about running for his own life, and didn't want to go back to the orphanage to see how Director Bai was doing. This approach is not very feasible, and it is very easy to spend a lot of hard work in vain. ; Secondly, it is also because Bai Duan regards his own survival as more important, which he cannot refute, nor can he deceive himself.
He thanked Dean Bai for his kindness in nurturing, but he was not willing to risk his life to repay this kindness. As for Bai Ting, he was not much different from him.
It is too difficult for a girl, even if she is a supernatural being, to lead the old man and a group of children to live in the last days alone. When she can't bear such pressure, it is understandable to want to give up to protect herself. After all, some people can even abandon their relatives who are connected by blood without mercy.
Bai Duan has no identity or position to criticize Bai Ting, and she should even thank her for protecting Dean Bai until now. As for the next step, it should be Bai Duan's turn to repay the kindness of her upbringing.
Turning his head to look at Nie Lanlei, seeing him nodding slightly, with no hesitation or dissatisfaction on his face, Bai Duan finally heaved a sigh of relief, and turned to Bai Ting: "I have worked hard for you these past few months, I can take you to the army safely. square base."
Bai Ting did not hear the expected accusation, but instead received Bai Duan's understanding and promise, and she was stunned. Looking at Bai Duan's handsome and gentle face, she opened her mouth, but she couldn't say anything, but her eye circles turned red again.
At this moment, Bai Ting only felt that her grievances and bitterness, self-blame and guilt for the past few months had finally dissipated, and her whole body was relaxed and at ease, and a girl's heart... was also throbbing.