Underwater, it was impossible to breathe, and the light above was gradually fading away.
As Xie Xuanlan fell deeper away from the surface, the light was no longer able to penetrate through.
Just as Xie Xuanlan was preparing to close his eyes, a dark figure swam towards him.
The sunlight was behind him, like a radiant redemption.
It was stunningly beautiful.
Xie Xuanlan couldn’t see very clearly, but he knew it was Ruan Qing, whom he had thrown into the water earlier.
After entering the instance, he would lose all monitoring perspectives of the instance, leaving only Ruan Qing’s perspective.
However, what Ruan Qing’s perspective could see was him, not Ruan Qing himself.
Xie Xuanlan struggled to open his eyes with all his might.
It really was Ruan Qing. Ruan Qing looked at the sinking figure and swiftly swam over.
After approaching Xie Xuanlan, he grabbed Xie Xuanlan’s neck, leaned down, and gently kissed him, passing oxygen from his mouth.
Xie Xuanlan’s eyes widened, subconsciously tilted his head back, held Ruan Qing’s neck, and kissed back.
Like a drowning person instinctively trying to snatch oxygen.
And Ruan Qing did not push Xie Xuanlan away.
If one were to overlook the drowning and all else, this scene would be incredibly beautiful.
Even time seemed to stop at this moment. The whole world reduced to a background, leaving only the two kissing in the water.
It gave off a romantic and unwavering feeling until death.
After passing the oxygen, Ruan Qing let go of Xie Xuanlan and looked faintly at the person whose pupils were starting to turn white.
It was a precursor to mutating into a zombie.
There was no hope left.
The aftermath of the explosion was too great, damaging Xie Xuanlan’s body beyond self-healing.
And because of this fatally injured body, the zombie virus rapidly infected him, and in less than a minute, Xie Xuanlan would mutate.
Although the shore was not too far away, three minutes might not be enough for him to bring Xie Xuanlan back to the shore.
Moreover, his strength was too weak to swim back to the shore with an adult man.
Xie Xuanlan also understood that he had begun to lose sensation in his body, which had also become somewhat stiff.
Receiving an unrefused kiss was already more than worth anything else.
Xie Xuanlan’s eyes held a trace of satisfied pleasure as he stared directly at the person in front of him. He subtly used his thumb to point at himself, then lightly slid it down.
—Kill me.
His body’s compatibility with the zombie virus was not as strong as Yan Ci’s, and even after mutating, he would be inferior to Yan Ci and would definitely be controlled by Yan Ci after mutating.
Although it was unclear whether Yan Ci was still alive, if Yan Ci had been alive, it would have exposed that Ruan Qing was also alive.
And it would also expose Ruan Qing’s whereabouts.
Moreover, this time, even he would have been an enemy.
He had to die.
Ruan Qing lowered his gaze slightly and placed a gun in Xie Xuanlan’s hand.
Then he turned around and swam towards the shore without looking back.
Xie Xuanlan, sinking continuously, watched the receding figure, and with his last strength, pressed the gun against his temple.
“Bang!” The sound of the gun echoed.
Because they were in the water, the sound seemed muffled and not very distinct.
Ruan Qing’s figure paused for a moment, but he didn’t turn back and continued swimming towards the shore.
The entire Eternal Life Laboratory had been destroyed, showing no signs of life.
After swimming back to the shore, Ruan Qing was not careless. Taking advantage of objects for cover, he slowly moved in Jiang Shuyu’s direction.
However, Jiang Shuyu and the little girl were nowhere to be seen.
There were some scattered tire marks on the ground, along with what appeared to be zombies that had been run over.
Ruan Qing’s heart sank. They must have encountered zombies. Because it was inconvenient to bring so many weapons into the Eternal Life Laboratory, Ruan Qing and Xie Xuanlan only had one each.
Ruan Qing had given his to Xie Xuanlan, leaving him defenseless.
And it wasn’t certain whether those four individuals were killed in the explosion. He couldn’t stay here for long.
Ruan Qing found a nearby car and followed the traces of Jiang Shuyu’s vehicle.
But the traces were faint, and with the sky darkening, Ruan Qing could no longer determine the direction.
Jiang Shuyu had enough weapons and food, probably sufficient to survive four or five days as long as they didn’t encounter danger.
Ruan Qing turned directly and headed south, the closest direction away from here.
The Eternal Life Laboratory was destroyed, but he remembered Jiang Shuyu mentioning that there were many labs on this island.
One of them was in the south.
He now had research materials on the zombie virus and his own peculiar blood, which might be used to develop a serum.
Ruan Qing drove with the windows tightly closed, preventing the smell of blood from escaping.
He had hit his forehead on a reef when he fell into the water, and the injury was not light.
As he drove, Ruan Qing touched his forehead, and his fingertips turned red.
The wound was still bleeding.
But Ruan Qing didn’t have time to tend to the injury; he didn’t have much time left.
Only three days remained.
If he couldn’t conduct research within three days, it was highly likely that he wouldn’t be able to change the fate of this island, and he would die in this instance.
In reality, researching antibodies for the zombie virus within three days was akin to a fairy tale.
Even with data on the zombie virus, it wouldn’t be enough unless the other party had almost completed their research.
Ruan Qing had a suspicion that the research on the zombie virus might have been conducted using his own logical approach or method of thinking.
Because the doctor’s hacking skills were likely developed based on Ruan Qing’s skills.
It was like giving the doctor memories of his knowledge, so the doctor was powerful, but not as adaptable as him.
Because that was just a memory.
Heading towards the south island, he passed the doctor’s villa, and Ruan Qing stopped in front of it.
After changing clothes upstairs, he then found the laboratory mentioned by the man in the suit.
The laboratory was very clean, hardly used.
The equipment was quite complete; for the doctor’s research convenience, many things from the Eternal Life Laboratory were also provided.
For example, the zombie virus, the blood of the undead body, and the blood of experimental subjects.
There were even blood samples from zombies that had just been infected with the zombie virus and hadn’t mutated yet, as well as from fully mutated zombies.
Ruan Qing quickly took away the blood samples, along with some necessary items, and also grabbed a laptop.
Actually, this place was already a good research location, but Ruan Qing dared not stay there.
Because if Dr. Fu hadn't died, staying here would be like walking into a trap.
aww its sad xie xuanlan had to die
ReplyDelete