Two hours passed, and Tan Yan calculated the distance between this place and the transmission point, it would take at least an hour even running back at full speed.
He only has an hour and a half left, and it is impossible to wait until Liang Xian absorbs the crystal nuclei of all the zombies to defeat the virus and leave together.
He couldn’t bring Liang Xian back.
Tan Yan doesn’t know what to say, promise to come to see him next time he enters the ‘void’? That kind of promise is too vague, he’s never been one to count on tomorrow, and he can’t say it.
But he really can’t bring such Liang Xian back to the real world, whether it’s for the people in the real world, or for Liang Xian, who needs the zombie crystal nuclei.
A sense of powerlessness washed over him, there really was nothing he could do, he couldn’t save the cat, he couldn’t stop the ‘void’ from spreading, he couldn’t save the people in the subway, and he couldn’t save Liang Xian.
Power… is really useless.
Liang Xian seemed to see Tan Yan’s thoughts, leaned his head on Tan Yan’s body, and said softly: “Don’t take all the responsibility on yourself, the earth is not yours alone.”
He opened his eyes and looked at the sky. The zombie world had stopped heavy industry production, and the post-apocalyptic world, which had lasted for more than a year, had cleared the sky. In the real world, B City is smoggy all year round, and it is impossible to see such bright starlight.
It’s really lovely to watch the stars with the person you like.
The starry sky is like a bottomless vortex, which will suck in all people’s thoughts, and make human beings can’t help feeling their own insignificance.
In the vastness of the universe, human beings are really… too insignificant. Human beings in the universe are smaller than an electron to human beings.
“These days, I often look up at the stars when I’m awake, and every time I think, what is considered the end of the world?” Liang Xian said in a low voice.
Tan Yan listened to him quietly: “Have you noticed that when the ‘void’ continues to spread, the surrounding objects and even the space will be sucked in. Logically speaking, only human beings return from the transmission point, this item that was sucked in didn’t follow you into the transmission point, but why as long as we go back, the absorbed space will also go back?
The post-apocalyptic worlds we encounter, whether it’s a magma world, a disappearing atmosphere, melting glaciers, the Earth stopping its rotation, or the recent parasitic and zombie worlds, have the Earth been destroyed in these worlds? Has the universe disappeared?”
“No.” Tan Yan replied.
“Yes,” Liang Xian smiled, “The first few worlds can still be said to be the end of all living things on Earth, but the last two, whether parasitic monsters or zombies, are only targeting humans. And in fact, even if the Earth disappears, the universe still exists. The so-called ‘end of the world’ has always been defined by human beings themselves.”
“What we have been trying to save is also ourselves.” Tan Yan patted his head, “At this time, still think so much.”
“Thinking more helps to maintain rationality,” Liang Xian rubbed his head against Tan Yan’s neck, sighing contentedly, “I think Qiao Zhixue should have analyzed the issues I just thought of, but he didn’t mention them at all, for fear of causing panic.”
“Why?” Tan Yan was puzzled.
“Didn’t we analyze why the transmission of ‘void’ is one-way before? The conclusion at the time was that the post-apocalyptic world was already collapsing, our world was intact, and the pressure made the ‘void’ only one-way transmission.
But according to my thoughts just now, the end of the world is just the definition of human beings, and has nothing to do with the universe and the world, so where do the so-called collapse and pressure come from?”
Following Liang Xian’s analysis, Tan Yan gradually forgot the frustration and powerlessness, and thought: “Could it be… human beings themselves?”
“Maybe it’s possible, but not necessarily.” Liang Xian, who didn’t know that Tan Yan was already determined to be with him, took the opportunity to hug Tan Yan’s arm. Anyway, he is weak now, and Tan Yan must not have the heart to push him away. If he can get closer at this time, try to get closer.
“Then you guess, where did the so-called ‘void’ and the ‘void’ in the border of the world come from?” Liang Xian asked.
Tan Yan thought for a moment, then shook his head decisively: “I can’t figure it out, you better explain it, you are smarter.”
“I guess it’s the world.” Liang Xian shook his head, “In other words, the Earth is also conscious, and it has discovered that the continued existence of human beings is very likely to destroy itself, so it uses the trajectory of the Rubik’s Cube to push humans into other worlds, to the world where human beings have become extinct.”
He raised his hand and looked at his right hand, which was missing three fingers, in the darkness of the night and said quietly: “I once gave a piece of information on food production increase to people in other worlds, because I sympathized with them in the last days. But in fact… we are also at the end of the world, and the ‘void’ is the form of the ‘end of the world’ in the real world.
I guess, there must be a period or limit for the ‘void’, and the ‘void’ will stop when all the humans on the Earth have entered other worlds, or when the Earth thinks that time is enough.
Without you, the Earth would have been extinct forty years ago. At that time, Minister Yu and my mother were not yet married, and I could not even be born.”
“I’m not that great.” Tan Yan shook his head and said.
Liang Xian knew that Tan Yan always thought of himself as an ordinary person, and that people of his generation believed that the power of the collective was greater than that of the individual, so he stopped praising him and continued to say: “Do you really think I should go back?”
“Um?” Tan Yan looked at Liang Xian in confusion. He could hear what Liang Xian meant. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to go back, but that he shouldn’t.
Seeing his expression, Liang Xian knew that Tan Yan didn’t fully understand the series of analyses he had just done, so he straightened up and looked into his eyes: “I just said that the Earth is rejecting human beings. If this assumption is true, unless humans find other planets suitable for living in a short period of time and migrate on a large scale, it is impossible for humans to make the ‘void’ disappear. The end of the world has already begun and cannot be stopped.
If there is really a day when the Earth is full of ‘void’, which may appear anytime and anywhere twenty-four hours a day, and not two, but ten, twenty, one hundred, ten thousand, then what should we do? It’s impossible to rely on soldiers and police officers alone to save everyone!
Moreover, if we’re really arrived at the last moment, I’m still here.”
Liang Xian put his hand on his heart: “Only one percent of this world’s population remains, the real world is fully capable of accommodating these inhabitants. Instead of finding a new planet, wouldn’t it be better for me to immigrate the people here after killing all the zombies here?”
Tan Yan just patted his head.
“What’s wrong?” Liang Xian, who spoke passionately, was a little at a loss. Why did he have this expression?
“That’s in the future, I don’t know how long from now. Forty years of ‘void’ are just a transfer from Ping County to B City. What you envision may not be realized in the next hundred years. Do you want to stay here for the rest of your life?” Tan Yan asked.
His words left Liang Xian speechless, Tan Yan understood the meaning of time better than him.
Tan Yan asked again: “Do you think I will feel bad if I leave you here and make excuses for me? I can go home with peace of mind as long as I throw you into the world as a coordinate and tell myself that you are still fighting alongside us?”
“I…” Liang Xian didn’t know how to respond.
Tan Yan is indeed not as smart as Liang Xian, not even as smart as an ordinary college student, but at this time, why can he accurately read people’s hearts?
“Hurry up and beat the virus, come home with me.” Tan Yan said softly, “You once said that my ability is enhancement. When I wished with a strong consciousness that you could awaken the ability, you awakened. Then I want you to get back to normal now, can you do it?”
He looked at Liang Xian, his eyes seemed to say, can I share my strength with you?
Liang Xian, who didn’t know that he had been kissed by Tan Yan in his sleep, raised his face, pointed to his own face, and said: “If you can kiss me, may be able to…”
His stammering1期期艾艾 qī qī ài ài: stammering; stutter. appearance, looks like a child asking for candy.
Tan Yan smiled slightly, and planted a kiss on the side of Liang Xian’s face.
Liang Xian’s heart was beating violently, he squeezed Tan Yan’s hand with his intact left hand, and said nervously: “Hey, it was you who took the initiative to kiss me, when I can really go back, don’t default on it.”
He was still very nervous when saying this, even his heartbeat became louder.
‘Thump’, ‘thump’! It beats once every three seconds, very powerful, and Tan Yan feels that he has never heard a better sound than this in his life.
Perhaps, he is not without feelings for Liang Xian, even if he only occupies a small corner in his heart, Tan Yan still likes Liang Xian very much.
Doesn’t matter whether it is fondness for the younger generation, or love.
So he took the initiative to kiss Liang Xian’s forehead again, and said softly: “I’ll wait for you to return to the real world.”
“Eh?” Liang Xian rubbed his forehead blankly, his usually shrewd look completely disappeared, “Wait for me to go back, for what?”
Tan Yan just smiled and didn’t answer.
It’s not that he didn’t dare to repeat to Liang Xian what he had said to the little deer, but that he didn’t feel the need to express it now.
Let’s have fun together when we get back to the real world.
“Hey, if you are so ambiguous, even if I become a zombie, I will not give up!” Liang Xian stared at Tan Yan and said.
“Then come to me.” Tan Yan patted his chest, “I’m always waiting for you.”
Liang Xian felt the heat on his face, he covered his face and asked: “I, am I blushing?”
“Um.” Tan Yan nodded, blushing quite cutely.
“I won’t even grow hair, and now I’m actually blushing?” Liang Xian said in surprise.
The heart seems to be beating faster, is this the power of love?
No, no, maybe it really is Tan Yan’s ability that has taken effect, enhancing his consciousness.
Maybe he really has a hope to overcome that consciousness and follow Tan Yan home.
“Wait for me!” Liang Xian hugged Tan Yan, “I’ll pick up the pace, no more slowing down! The next time you come from the ‘void’, will be time for me to return to the real world.”
“What if the ‘void’ appears continuously?” Tan Yan asked.
“Uh… this…” He really can’t do it so quickly!
“Then I’ll come in and keep you company.” Tan Yan looked at Liang Xian, who was embarrassed, smiling with his eyes bent.
He has promised to accompany Liang Xian, so he will definitely keep his promise.
Liang Xian felt his heart was about to beat out of his chest, he really wanted to know if Tan Yan meant that, but Tan Yan refused to say, he feels so uncomfortable just like scratching his heart and liver.
Must go back quickly!
Time always flies by quickly, in the blink of an eye, Tan Yan has already spent three hours in the zombie world.
Can’t really stay for the full three and a half hours, he needs to prepare enough time to enter the ‘void’.
No need to say any more promises, he waved goodbye to Liang Xian, and ran quickly.
Although he is left in the zombie world again, there will definitely be a day when they meet again.
Tan Yan is not afraid.
The author has something to say:
—Volume 1 End—
Cough, cough, cough, I know this chapter is a bit short, but I can’t help it, it’s just such a small matter, can’t let Tan Yan and Liang Xian kiss me, I kiss you, and write another 2000 words, it must end when it’s time to end.
Don’t worry, don’t worry, this is just the first volume, there will be more to come, and there will be a new chapter tonight. The first volume is probably about human beings passing through a period of ignorance of the ‘void’, and everything is ready to face new challenges.
At the beginning of the next volume, there should be a period of time skip, a world without a visible darling baby, your humble servant doesn’t want to write it.
You guys say… the next chapter is directly to show the baby is back, and the process of defeating the virus will be written later in the extra, will it be okay? Otherwise, I feel it would be very watery, does a broken zombie world have to be knocked for a lifetime?
Yaay, volume 1 finally finished!! See you in volume 2~~
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