"The door is not closed." Xing Bi reminded him.
"What are you afraid of?" Qiu Shi pressed his elbow against Xing Bi's chest and stared into his eyes. "Besides the two of us, there is no one else here."
"Then turn on the heating ball." Xing Bi said.
"You're a secret guard," Qiu Shi opened his shirt and put his hand on his stomach, "how can you be afraid of the cold?"
Xing Bi's skin was very smooth and warm. Qiu Shi felt a little dazed when he put his hand on it. It was the first time he discovered that after he strengthened himself, the touch of his palms and fingertips seemed to become more sensitive. The temperature from Xing Bi's body flowed upward from his palm and was pumped up to his arm by the pulse of his right wrist.
"I'm worried that you'll be cold." Xing Bi said, "This is a bunker, not a constant temperature laboratory in the inner city."
"I'm not cold." said Qiu Shi.
"Aren't you cold even if you take off all your clothes?" Xing Bi asked.
Qiu Shi looked at him and said nothing.
"Do you want to fuck your ancestors while wearing full clothes?" Xing Bi asked.
"...Xing Bi," Qiu Shi pinched his chin, and after a moment of silence, he sighed, "You are really shameless."
"Normally, it's not that thick," Xing Bi said, "I'm just worried that you're too thin-skinned to proceed."
"It's not your face that matters," Qiu Shi's hand slid to Xing Bi's waist, and he slowly leaned over, his hand went from his waist to his back, and he buried his face in his neck and rubbed it hard twice, and couldn't help but bite his shoulder. He could hear his heavy breathing while speaking, "This is fucking instinct, just like an animal."
Xing Bi said nothing and put his hand into his clothes.
When my hand stroked his back, it was like a small storm rising from the inner layer of his skin, and everything in his body began to churn.
Qiu Shi suddenly stood up and took off his clothes in two moves.
There was a gust of wind howling outside, and when I entered the room, the door that was not locked seemed to be kicked open by the wind with a clang.
Qiu Shi suddenly felt as if someone hit him on the back with an ice cube.
He gritted his teeth and held on for two seconds, then finally jumped off the bed, threw the clothes in his hands aside, unbuttoned his pants, and kicked the door shut again.
There was a clang, just like a competition.
Xing Bi looked at Qiu Shi's back.
There are no scars left on Qiu Shi's body. He had many scars from struggling outside the city. Those were traces of living a difficult but stubborn life as a corpse collector in this world. After he was strengthened, those scars gradually disappeared.
But Qiu Shi's body is still full of human vitality, with skin that shines with moist light, and muscle lines with soft boundaries of light and shadow, which rise and fall with his movements, with gentle strength.
Qiu Shi locked the door, picked up the heating ball in the corner and turned it on. Bright orange light immediately filled the entire room. As he walked towards the bed with the ball of light, the bright warm light danced on his body, which was not "factory set" but was almost perfect. Xing Bi could feel his heartbeat and breathing accelerating synchronously.
It was a wonderful physical experience, I have never felt anything so strong before.
"Just put it here," Qiu Shi put the heating ball on the table beside the bed, loosened his grip on his pants, kicked his legs twice, kicked the pants aside, and looked down at Xing Bi who was still lying on the bed with his arms resting on his head and looking at him, "Hey, ancestor."
"Hmm?" Xing Bi responded.
"Xing Bi." Qiu Shi said.
"Yeah." Xing Bi responded again.
Qiu Shi didn't know what he wanted to say. He simply wanted to hear Xing Bi's voice, the kind of sexiness with a hoarse and grainy feel that could be heard in just a simple "hmm".
Sexy.
He no longer knew where he had seen or heard this word, and only at this moment did he clearly understand it.
He supported himself on the bed with his hands, slowly lowered his head, and kissed Xing Bi on his chest.
Upwards are the collarbone and throat, downwards are the abdominal muscles and lower abdomen…
Kiss up, hands down.
Do you know how many memories a person has? As many as the stars in the universe.
Yes, the same number of stars.
But some will remember, and some will not.
You have to taste it carefully to remember it, taste the panting, taste the moaning, taste the hot skin, and remember it clearly with a hint of pain, the corners of the mouth, the throat, the back of the neck...
The whistling wind is silent, but the heartbeat is like a galloping horse, and the slightest touch can stir up a storm...
A small white light dot lit up on the back of Qiu Shi's hand.
This was Li Feng's direct line, but he didn't wear headphones, and he didn't want to reach for them, so he just raised his head and shouted, "Sleeping, fuck your ancestors!"
The bright spot went out.
Xing Bi laughed.
"What's so funny?" Qiu Shi hugged him tightly and pressed his face against his back, pressing so hard that his nose was pressed so hard that he could hardly breathe. "Did I say something wrong?"
"No," Xing Bihui touched his leg, "He will contact me soon."
"Ignore it." Qiu Shi said.
"My little pet is set to automatically connect..." Xing Bi said.
Before he could finish his words, the little pet on the table had already jumped into the air: "Video call, Li Feng."
The word "video" shocked Qiu Shi so much that he almost jumped out of bed. He grabbed someone's clothes from the head of the bed and threw them at Xiao Chong.
The little pet fell to the ground wrapped in clothes.
"The meeting will start in half an hour," Li Feng's voice came from his clothes, "Exhibition Hall Meeting Room."
"Fuck, I shouldn't have let you out." Qiu Shi cursed.
"Hurry up, get dressed and pack up." Li Feng said.
"Fuck you!" Qiu Shi jumped up, grabbed the clothes on the ground, opened the door, and threw the clothes and the pet out together, "Go watch the snow."
When he closed the door, he saw Xing Bi smiling.
"Laugh," Qiu Shi jumped onto the bed and threw himself on him, "You are really thick-skinned anyway."
"You're not that shameless," Xing Bi put his finger on the corner of his mouth, "Human instinct is really... amazing."
"Is it amazing?" Qiu Shi lowered his head and kissed the corner of his mouth, "Is it more amazing than the professional settings of your biochemical bodies?"
"It's different," Xing Bi said, "Humans... are very primitive, and very..."
"You are the fucking primitive," Qiu Shi buried his face in Xing Bi's shoulder, "Your biochemical bodies are all created by humans, yet you dare to say that humans are primitive."
Xing Bi smiled and said nothing.
"Are you going to the meeting?" Qiu Shi asked.
"If I say I won't go, will you not go?" Xing Bi asked.
"Yes." said Qiu Shi.
"Then I won't go." Xing Bi said.
"Okay." Qiu Shi responded.
Xing Bi pulled the quilt over him, but Qiu Shi still lay on top of him without moving, with his hands tucked behind his back to hug him.
After hugging each other quietly for about five minutes, Qiu Shi cursed, "Fuck."
"We still have to go." Xing Bi laughed.
"Yeah, I put so much effort into it, and I almost died," Qiu Shi said in a muffled voice, "It's really..."
"Of course you have to go. Don't you really want to go?" Xing Bi said.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't go?" Qiu Shi looked up at him.
"I know you will definitely go." Xing Bi said.
"Sometimes I don't know why I am doing this," Qiu Shi said. "It seems that Li Feng has been driving me to this point, but sometimes I think, if there is really another choice, what is it? Will I choose it?"
"Do you know why Li Feng picked you?" Xing Bi patted his back gently.
"I'm easier to fool," said Qiu Shi.
"Besides the fact that you are immune, he has known you for a long time and he knows what kind of person you are," Xing Bi said. "He knows that all he has to do is push you forward. You don't even need a choice. No matter how reluctant you are, you will go on like that."
Qiu Shi didn't say anything.
"In every era and every story, there is a hero," Xing Bi said, "You are the one who is bound to be the hero."
"Fuck," Qiu Shi sighed, threw back the quilt and got out of bed, looked back, then pounced back and kissed Xing Bi on the nose, "I don't actually understand, but what you said makes sense."
Xing Bi laughed for a long time.
What was thrown out of the door was Xing Bi's shirt. Qiu Shi picked it up, shook it, and threw it on the bed.
"It's dirty." Xing Bi said.
"What's dirty?" Qiu Shi put on his pants, took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth and lit it.
"The clothes you threw outside are dirty." Xing Bi said.
"… Where is it dirty?" Qiu Shi picked up the clothes and spread them open to look at them. "It's all snow outside, and it hasn't melted yet, so how can it be dirty?"
"Are there any clean ones in your cabinet?" Xing Bi asked.
"Yes," Qiu Shi went over and opened the cabinet to look through it. There were only three or five items, which were snatched back from the warehouse of the Security Bureau. "But they are all old..."
"It doesn't matter." Xing Bi said.
When Qiu Shi was about to take the clothes, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Xing Bi: "Did you do this on purpose?"
"Hmm?" Xing Bi looked at him and curled his lips, "The ash is about to fall on you."
Qiu Shi lowered his eyes and looked at the cigarette butt. He bit the cigarette with his teeth and blew away the ash hanging on the cigarette butt. "You just want to wear my clothes to the meeting on purpose, right?"
"What's the difference between what you're doing and letting the ash fall directly?" Xing Bi said with a smile.
"I can't see the difference between a pile of cigarette ash," Qiu Shi took off his clothes and threw them to him, "Sometimes I think you old antiques are quite childish."
"Well," Xing Bi smiled as he put on his clothes, "unlike you apocalypse guys who know nothing but instinct."
Qiu Shi turned his head and looked at him: "Wow."
“Primitive,” Xing Bi said, “but I like it very much.”
Qiu Shi stared at him for a while, and when he was about to button his shirt, he rushed over and hugged him, reaching his hands into his clothes and around his back, hugging him tightly, and then gave him a big suck on the face before letting go.
"You have a good habit," Qiu Shi turned off the heating ball, opened the door and prepared to go out, "Put on all your clothes before you start buttoning them."
"I didn't have this habit before." Xing Bi said.
Qiu Shi turned around.
"Waiting for you." Xing Bi said.
"Fuck." Qiu Shi strode out of the house.
Although he slept for a while, it was too short after all, and Qiu Shi started yawning as soon as he got into the car.
"Are you sleepy?" Xing Bi glanced at him.
"Well," Qiu Shi leaned back in his chair, "I'll take a nap. Call me when you get there."
"Okay." Xing Bi said.
Qiu Shi closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep when Xing Bi flicked his face lightly with his finger: "We're here."
"Your ancestors," Qiu Shi opened his eyes, "Are you kidding me? I just started to fall asleep."
"You've been snoring for ten minutes." Xing Bi said.
"Really?" Qiu Shi glanced out of the car window and saw that they had indeed arrived in the inner city and had even entered the parking lot of the exhibition hall.
"Why don't you sleep for five more minutes," Xing Bi said, "We arrived five minutes early."
Qiu Shi didn't say anything and just closed his eyes. Minister Liu looked at the meeting list in front of him and glanced at Li Feng hesitantly: "Is Chen Dang also attending?"
"Yeah." Li Feng nodded.
"Is it appropriate?" Minister Liu glanced at the door. The people who were attending the meeting had not arrived yet. He lowered his voice and asked, "Do Lao Song and the others know?"
"You'll know when you get here," Li Feng said, "Chen Dang is a biochemical being, different from Mayor Luo and those humans like Gao Shan. If you want to cooperate, just tell him what's going on."
"Do we have any restrictions on him?" Minister Liu asked, "Although he is not a submerged guard, he is also a biological body."
"With his permission, Lao Wu gave him a controller," Li Feng said, "I can control him when necessary."
Minister Liu was silent for a while, then nodded: "Okay, you always think more carefully than us."
This meeting was not a private meeting. During the days that Li Feng and his companions were locked up in the laboratory, various rescue methods were used and many people were involved. It was meaningless to keep it confidential and communicate separately. Instead, it would easily cause suspicion, so they simply called everyone over.
Director Liu from the Emergency Affairs Department, Director Song from the Science and Technology Development Department, Director Wu, Colonel Yu, the two chiefs, Zhang Qifeng, and Lin Sheng from Xing Bi's team...
"Where are Qiu Shi and Xing Bi?" Minister Liu asked, "Everyone is here, we are just waiting for them."
“I seemed to see their car when I came up,” Director Wu said, “In the parking lot.”
Li Feng cleared his throat and said nothing. He really didn't know what else these two people could do now that they were in the parking lot.
Just when I was thinking about contacting Qiu Shi again, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Xing Bi and Qiu Shi walked in. Qiu Shi looked sleepy, with marks on his face from being pressed by the car seat.
…slept in the parking lot.
"Everyone is here, let's get started," Li Feng took out a cigarette, and then felt Director Wu's angry gaze. He glanced at the ventilation port above and said, "Turn the ventilation to the maximum. Sorry."
There were no staff present at this meeting, and it was held in the exhibition hall, so Director Wu had to stand up and adjust the ventilation system to the maximum setting.
"Everyone here knows each other. To save time, I will only introduce those who are not familiar with each other." Li Feng glanced at Chen Dang, "This is Chen Dang, the head of the biochemical body in Donglin Town. These two..."
Li Feng looked at the two chiefs again: "Wang Hong and Zhang Tan were the chief technicians during Director Lu's time. They have been doing... secret research in the biochemical warehouse."
"This meeting is mainly to inform everyone of some relevant information before and after the laboratory lockdown," Minister Liu continued, "as well as the recent situation of the war in Yuncheng."
In the south, the defense zone from Xima Town to Shidi has been established, and the defense passage from Xima to Yuncheng has been completely opened. In the north, the defense zone from Donglin Town to Xilin has also taken shape. The passage from Donglin to Yuncheng is being built, and the bridge has been built. Nomads from all over the country who are willing to accept Yuncheng’s management can stay, and those who want to leave can leave freely, but they will need to pass through a checkpoint if they want to enter again...
"The next step is to go to Xingchuan," Colonel Yu glanced at Zhang Qifeng, "Director Zhang and Captain Zhu will be in charge, thank you for your hard work."
"It's my duty." said Zhang Qifeng.
"Let's talk about it next..." Minister Liu looked at Li Feng.
"Combining the recent war needs with the actual situation in Yuncheng," Li Feng said, "Yuncheng will activate all first and second level biochemical bodies within a week."
Everyone raised their heads and looked at Li Feng.
This decision was surprising. Although biological bodies had been continuously activated, each batch was only 20 to 30, which was a cautious approach. The number of biological bodies activated in full would be tenfold. For the people of Yuncheng who had always accepted that "uncontrollable biological bodies are the top danger" and "it is difficult to determine the controllability of biological bodies", this was indeed a surprising decision.
"The current threat to Yuncheng comes from the Symbiote Corps," Li Feng pinched out the cigarette in his hand, "Their combat power is not something that human soldiers can fight against. Our defense line is very long, and any point that is breached will be fatal. We need the help of the biochemicals..."
Li Feng looked at Xing Bi: "All the activation and screening of biochemical bodies, including the later personnel arrangements, are the responsibility of Xing Bi's team and Chen Dang."
Xing Bi looked at Chen Dang, and Chen Dang was also looking at him.
"You should have known each other before," Li Feng said, "No matter what happened, we are now temporarily tied to the same boat. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."
"Okay, now..." Minister Liu took a breath, "The key content of this meeting involves the highest authority since the establishment of Yuncheng. Due to the current special circumstances, everything you learn in this meeting must be kept strictly confidential."
"We can open the lab this time," Director Wu said, "because of Qiu Shi..."
When he turned to look at Qiu, everyone turned their heads as well.
Looking at Qiu Shi who was sleeping soundly with his head tilted back in the chair.
"Qiu Shi used a technology that had been blocked in Yuncheng," Director Wu could only continue, "with the help of the two former chiefs, Wang Hong and Zhang Tan, he entered the general's memory system and found a way to open it in reverse. It was also with this technology that we discovered some questions."
"There is intrusion data in the memory warehouse," Wang Hong finally waited for his turn to speak, speaking at an astonishing speed, "We have analyzed it before and believe that this data belongs to a certain biochemical entity, but we don't know who it belongs to. We have continued to analyze it in the past few days. The data of this biochemical entity is not always in the memory warehouse. It can enter and exit through electromagnetics... And it will clear all intruders in this memory warehouse..."
"Data?" Colonel Yu asked.
"Yes, it is not consciousness, nor memory, but data, so we can judge that it comes from a biochemical body," Wang Hong said, "Qiu Shi has seen it..."
Everyone turned around again and looked at Qiu Shi.
Qiu Shi was still sleeping with his head tilted back.
Li Feng looked at Xing Bi and cleared his throat.
Xing Bi reached out and held the back of Qiu Shi's head, straightening his head.
Qiu Shi opened his eyes and was stunned for a long time before asking, "What's the matter?"
"What kind of biochemical data did you see?" Wang Hong asked.
"What data?" Qiu Shi asked.
"The one chasing the teacher." Xing Bi reminded him in a low voice.
"It's like a black fog," Qiu Shi said, "but it's like a whole and it chases people."
"Any guesses?" Minister Liu asked Director Wu.
"We suspect it has something to do with a missing generation of biochemical bodies," said Director Wu. "According to Mr. Long, this biochemical body is empty and all the data has disappeared. Combined with the data that appeared in this memory system..."
"Does this thing have any relevance to Yuncheng, or to the current war situation?" Colonel Yu asked.
Li Feng stood up and turned on the projection. On it was a detailed map of the area surrounding Yuncheng that had been explored. However, there were no place names, only a series of interlaced lines and a few black dots.
"This is what we can confirm, a small part of the cable layout before the war," Li Feng looked at Chen Dang, "all the symbiotic nests and the destroyed camps were built at the points with the densest cables. This should not be a coincidence."
"Do you mean that the leader behind the symbiote is this data?" Qiu Shi couldn't help but ask, feeling like he was still asleep and reacted so quickly.
"You have to ask Chen Dang about this," Li Feng supported his hand on the table and looked at Chen Dang, "Chen Dang has had contact with the symbiote, and Mayor Luo also said some strange things. I think Donglin Town knows about it."
Qiu Shi thought of Mayor Luo’s poem.
It was the glorious era, it was the eyes that had seen for hundreds of years...
"Fuck." He turned and looked at Xing Bi.
"Who?" Xing Bi asked in a low voice.
Qiu Shi's eyes widened: "I'm asking you about this generation."
Xing Bi smiled and said, "I don't know, but someone can ask."
"Who?" Qiu Shi asked.
"No one has ever seen the leader," Chen Dang said. "They call this guy the leader. He can freely access our communication system, but he rarely appears, and I have very few exchanges with him."
"What is the leader's ultimate goal?" asked Minister Liu.
"Build a world without humans that will never be destroyed," said Chen Dang.
Everyone was silent.
"It's a thing that doesn't exist," Qiu Shi said. "It's a nice thought."
Everyone looked at Qiu Shi again.
"You can't understand it that way." Chen Dang said.
"How can we understand that?" Qiu Shi said. "A piece of data cannot be heard, seen, touched or felt. How can we think we can build a real world? The data got its understanding of the world from humans."
Chen Dang said nothing and just looked at him.
"This is a real world with sounds, colors, mountains, water, flesh and blood," Qiu Shi said. "Even biological bodies are desperately trying to feel this world. The emotions you want to experience, birth, aging, sickness and death, love and hate, which one is not alive? The world will never be destroyed. It is there."
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To be continued tomorrow⊙▽⊙.
I'll correct any typos later.