B City, 20:13 pm, Minister Yu stood in front of the transmission point, he looked calm on the surface, but the constant checking of his watch reveals his inner anxiety.
Cui Heyu was circling around Xu Mingyu anxiously, it has been 23 hours, don’t know what happened to the supernatural team.
He didn’t feel much when he entered the other world, but when he was in the real world and anxiously waiting for the supernatural team to come back, he realized how powerless the people left behind were.
Really want to follow the supernatural team into the ‘void’, even if he dies in there, it’s better than worrying here.
There is a collar hanging around the little deer’s neck, which is carried by Qiao Zhixue. In fact, with his strength, he could easily break free from the collar, but the little deer dared not move, for fear that Qiao Zhi would dissect him in anger.
While everyone was waiting anxiously, Qiao Zhixue’s quantum energy meter showed an energy reaction, and he told the minister: “They’re back.”
Every time someone comes back, the energy meter will respond.
As soon as he finished speaking, Tan Yan held the protective cover in his hand, and five people appeared in front of the tombstone behind him.
There is not much space in front of the tombstone. They brought back too many people this time. If they don’t drag it, some people are very likely to bump into the tombstone, and they may even integrate directly with the tombstone during restructuring.
No one knows what will happen after the quantum transmission. It was Qiao Zhixue’s order to drag everyone back before leaving, in order to avoid a tragedy.
When the people in the research team saw Tan Yan dragging more than 600 people back like a god, they immediately cheered. At this moment, what everyone is thinking in their hearts is that it is good that the earth has Tan Yan.
Minister Yu and the others immediately made room for everyone. Fortunately, there was still some distance between the old cemetery in Ping County and the new cemetery, so there is still room for 600 people.
After putting the person down, the survivors saw Minister Yu and other fully armed soldiers. They were all human beings, not zombies, and they cried out of excitement.
This day and night, everyone has experienced too much, at this moment, and can only use tears to tell their inner feelings.
Minister Yu was about to shake hands with Tan Yan when he stopped him: “We went to the zombie world this time. Although everyone has no signs of being infected with the zombie virus, it is best not to contact people in the real world. It is better to isolate for a period of time.”
It was also for this reason that Tan Yan did not immediately remove the protective cover.
“Okay, I’ll arrange the car right away.” Minister Yu saluted Tan Yan and the members of the supernatural team, “On behalf of the country and the people, I salute all the heroes.”
“Serve the people!” Tan Yan brought returned the salute with the supernatural team, and everyone said in unison.
But Yan Yongfeng and Tu Zishi, who stood at the end of the team, did not return the salute. Tu Zishi stood blankly in front of the tombstone, motionless since the teleportation, and Yan Yongfeng sat on the ground directly, sobbing uncontrollably.
“What’s the matter with you, Fengzi, isn’t it embarrassing for a big man to cry like this.” Cui Heyu immediately ran over to see his friends, “What about Liang Xian, is he injured and hiding in the crowd? I knew he was useless…”
Cui Heyu suddenly stopped mid-sentence, because he found that when he mentioned Liang Xian, Yan Yongfeng cried even harder.
“Liang Xian is at the end of the team,” Tan Yan pointed behind himself and said, “He said that I should concentrate on controlling the protective cover, in order to prevent danger from happening at the last moment, the rest of the people will support me from behind…”
Tan Yan turned around and counted the number of people while talking, six people is good, he checked again, only five.
Tan Yan rubbed his eyes, and checked again, there were still only five.
“Where’s Liang Xian?” He grabbed Yan Yongfeng who was crying almost out of breath, his voice trembling slightly, “Isn’t he behind you?”
Yan Yongfeng raised his eyes to look at Tan Yan, he opened his mouth, but couldn’t make a sound.
He was the first to discover that Liang Xian was bitten by a zombie, but he didn’t say it. At that moment, Yan Yongfeng thought that as long as he didn’t say anything, Liang Xian would secretly follow everyone back, maybe Professor Qiao would have a solution, the ability is so magical, and Professor Qiao is so smart, as long as he takes measures as soon as possible, maybe Liang Xian won’t turn into a zombie.
Yan Yongfeng knew it was dangerous, but he made the same choice as that mother——to conceal.
Only at this moment did he realize how difficult it is to say it out loud and to abandon his companion.
But he never expected Liang Xian let go of his hand at the last moment of transmission. Yan Yongfeng felt it, but he still couldn’t say it.
“What’s wrong, say something, why are you crying?” Tan Yan’s last word was trembling, and he picked up Yan Yongfeng, this big boy who was even taller than him was like a puddle of soft mud at this moment. If it wasn’t for Tan Yan carrying him, Yan Yongfeng couldn’t even stand up straight on his own strength.
Hearing the conversation between the two, Tu Zishi couldn’t bear it anymore, he covered his head and shouted: “Liang Xian was bitten by the zombie, when he was carrying the zombie child out of the car, he was bitten!”
“What did you say?” Tan Yan left Yan Yongfeng and walked up to Tu Zishi.
“Yan Yongfeng saw the corpse poison on his body, I… also guessed it. When he didn’t let us talk, I knew he would choose to stay in the zombie world, I… I saw it…” At the end of Tu Zishi’s words, he crouched down helplessly holding his head.
Unlike Yan Yongfeng, Tu Zishi knew from the very beginning that Liang Xian would not go back. He knew that his companion was going into self-exile, but he still didn’t say anything.
Because there is no way to speak, Tan Yan just drove away the mother and son, and speaking at this time, except for many twists and turns, it will not change the ending at all.
“You, why… why didn’t you tell me?” Tan Yan covered his heart, feeling the pain there for the first time, it was so painful that he couldn’t even speak clearly.
“Is there any use to say it?” Tu Zishi slams his fist into the ground, “Who saved him at that time? Are we going to bring back the zombie virus?”
“I, if I knew…”
Tan Yan staggered and bumped into the tombstone, finally couldn’t speak further.
What’s the use of him knowing it? What can he do? Hesitating to give up Liang Xian? What will he choose at the end?
Tan Yan doesn’t know.
Because Liang Xian has already made the most correct but cruelest choice for everyone.
There was a sudden ‘thump’ beside him. Tan Yan didn’t know who fell down, and he didn’t have the energy to look at it.
But in the next second, someone shouted anxiously: “Minister Yu, Minister Yu, what’s wrong with you? Medical staff, hurry!”
Tan Yan looked over in a daze, only to see Minister Yu who was not far from him fall down clutching his heart.
Xu Mingyu is desperately trying to do cardiac pacing for him, and the orderlies around him are also pinching Minister Yu hard.
The scene was chaotic, Tan Yan didn’t even know what was happening. Neither he nor the members of the supernatural team seemed to be able to understand the chaos in front of them, nor how they left the place afterward.
It just seemed to be in a trance for a while, and then transferred from the Ping County cemetery to the base.
Tan Yan thought about it afterward, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t remember what happened in those few hours.
He just listened to the instructions in a daze, got into the isolation car, and obeyed the instructions to enter the isolation observation room of the base.
There is only one thought in Tan Yan’s mind, Liang Xian… is dead? He is only nineteen years old and has just reached adulthood. Everyone is optimistic about him and regards Liang Xian as his future successor. He is the best student in the special class. Professor Qiao said that if Liang Xian is given another ten years, his academic achievements will not lose to him.
He has a great future, and now he is… dead?
No, no, he is not dead yet, he is now left in another world, becoming…
Zombie…
The appearance of Director Li seems to be still in front of his eyes. Tan Yan killed the old boss with his own hands, and he can also be said to be an old friend.
He was in a bad mood then, but not sad. Because he knew that this was the zombie king of the parallel world, and the real Director Li, who had known him for more than ten years, was still working as the director in Ping County.
Liang Xian said that when they return to the real world, they will visit the old director together, together…
There is no more together, Tan Yan put his hand on his forehead, thinking helplessly.
Someone walked into the observation room, it was Qiao Zhixue.
“Five hours have passed, according to the video on your backpacks, two to three hours after being bitten by a zombie will be zombified, all the people who came back have not changed.” Qiao Zhixue’s voice is still cold and unemotional, “This time a total of 656 survivors were brought back, two of them were seriously injured and died on the way, and another 13 were being rescued. A total of 1,187 people entered the other world, and nearly half of them were lost, but I know that you have done your best, this number is already very good.”
Tan Yan didn’t speak, he quietly listened to Qiao Zhixue’s report of the numbers.
“Survivors are arranged to rest, they are more or less wounded, after the experience of the whole night, they are now exhausted, and need a good rest. How to arrange them in the future is not our concern. The political affairs are left to Minister Yu. We only need to resolve the ‘void’ crisis.” Qiao Zhixue continued.
The little deer beside him broke away from Qiao Zhixue, ran to Tan Yan’s side with a ‘clip-clop’, and rubbed his head against his face.
Tan Yan unconsciously touched the little deer’s back, the fluffy feel was very heartwarming.
“Minister Yu has woken up and is waiting for the supernatural team to have a meeting. This ‘void’ accident is too big, and we must come up with a plan to deal with it, otherwise, the whole B City will fall into chaos. People are facing the danger of entering the last days all the time, and the country has begun to discuss the matter of relocating the capital.” Qiao Zhixue said again.
“I know,” Tan Yan looked up at Qiao Zhixue, “I understand.”
This man, who is not good at expressing his feelings, is comforting him in his own way.
“Why did Minister Yu faint?” Tan Yan suddenly asked, “Although Liang Xian is excellent, Minister Yu should be used to ups and downs after so many years.”
Qiao Zhixue said: “There is no need to keep things secret now, Liang Xian is Minister Yu’s son.”
Tan Yan’s hands trembled, he thought about it: “Then he must rarely see his father.”
When others hear about Liang Xian’s background, they may envy him for having a national leader as his father. But what Tan Yan thought was that Minister Yu is so busy, every time they enter the ‘void’, Minister Yu will accompany them until they come back.
Such a father, how much time can be divided to the child?
“Go to the meeting.” Qiao Zhixue said, “We suffered heavy losses this time, and it is precisely because of this that we we need to hold a meeting to learn from our experience and prevent this from happening again in the future.”
“It’s unavoidable,” Tan Yan said lightly, “As long as the ‘void’ remains, the country will never be able to avoid sacrifice. I thought I was strong enough to at least protect the members of the supernatural team, but I still couldn’t do it.”
He’s not a god, he can’t do it!
When Liang Xian confessed his love to him, Tan Yan did not even consider the issue of feelings, but felt a little unbelievable, how could Liang Xian fall in love with an old man like him? With a gap of 39 years, he may grow old and die at any time.
But Liang Xian said, who knows if he will die during the next mission, who can imagine what will happen tomorrow. Why does he have to think about whether he will grow old in the future and whether he can go to the end, he just likes him and wants to express his feelings. Is this wrong?
That’s right, it was Tan Yan himself who was wrong.
That day, not to mention Liang Xian, if it were a girl of the same age, he would also refuse.
No, even if it was replaced by a lady of the same age as Tan Yan, he would not agree.
From the moment he entered the ‘void’, Tan Yan had no option in his heart but to spend his life with no one. He closed his heart and grew stronger alone.
“Even if it’s unavoidable, we still have to keep going.” Qiao Zhixue said, “Maybe one day, you too will be sacrificed, and now all of the supernatural team may be sacrificed. Even so, those of us left behind will have to keep going.
As long as the earth is still turning, as long as human beings have a future, we must find a way out of this desperate situation.
Until there is only one last person left in this world.”
This is a journey with no retreat. No one knows what cruel things will be encountered in the future, but no matter how sad it is, human beings cannot stop.
Tan Yan finally went to the meeting with Qiao Zhixue, and everyone from the supernatural team was there. But no one cares about what Qiao Zhixue said or analyzed at this meeting.
Usually, Tan Yan can’t understand anything in this kind of meeting. Liang Xian, the only person who can talk to Qiao Zhixue, is not here today.
Cui Heyu also can, but is always a little worse, not to mention he doesn’t want to talk today.
Qiao Zhixue talked for a long time, and his mouth is dry, but the people on the supernatural team didn’t listen, Tan Yan also didn’t take notes.
He has no choice but to look at Minister Yu.
Minister Yu still had an infusion drip bottle in his hand. He was pushed into the meeting in a wheelchair, and this meeting was also requested by him.
After receiving Qiao Zhixue’s help-seeking gaze, he coughed lightly and tapped the table to attract everyone’s attention.
Seven pairs of eyes, including Cui Heyu, looked at him. In front of these young eyes, which resembled Liang Xian’s, Minister Yu was slightly shaken, as if his son was still with him.
He was dizzy, Xu Mingyu hurriedly supported him, “Minister, why don’t you take a break?”
“No need,” Minister Yu waved his hand, “I have something to say to everyone.”
“Everyone may not understand why I fainted, I can explain here, because there is no point in hiding this matter, Liang Xian is my son.”
Minister Yu’s words attracted everyone’s attention, and everyone in the supernatural team looked at him. While shocked, they also wanted to hear what Liang Xian’s biological father would say.
“I’m very sad to lose my only son, but I’m even sadder that a young soldier with a promising future who contributed so much to our country has left us like this. I…”
Minister Yu covered his heart and took a deep breath before continuing slowly and calmly: “I understand the feelings of everyone here, but we can’t stop moving forward because of this. If you continue to be depressed, there will only be a second, third, or even more Liang Xian. In order to prevent the tragedy from happening again, I hope everyone can keep today’s sadness in their hearts, take it as a warning, and continue to move forward.”
“I have a question,” Cui Heyu raised his hand, “I’ve been at odds with that kid since I was a kid, and every time my mom came to visit me, he would find fault with me and beat me up. I didn’t understand why at first, but then I asked him, you beat me so many times, why didn’t the teacher look for his parents, after saying that he beat me even harder.
At that time, I didn’t understand why, but just now, I’m really sorry, I accidentally read Liang Xian’s case.”
He turned the computer in front of him to show everyone, “April this year, he returned from a mission with a serious injury. At that time, we didn’t know how serious his injury was, and we thought he would be able to return to school after a few days of recovery. I didn’t know until now that he was already a cripple at that time, without the awakening of the ability in the ‘void’, Liang Xian would never be able to return to the military academy.”
“Minister Yu, I have a question, where were you at that time?”
Tan Yan’s heart trembled again.
April this year, he met Minister Yu for the first time, at that time, Minister Yu went to inspect Ping County.
He just left Liang Xian alone in the hospital, fully knowing that he has no one to accompany him. 😭😭 If Minister Yu is sick, he’ll have his adjutant keeping an eye on him, but Liang Xian is practically an orphan with no one he can rely on.