The night was silent, and the night was incomparably dull, as if even the air had become unusually viscous.

Faced with Tang Xiaomo's inquiry, Chu Liyue didn't know how to answer.

"Ling Xiu ...... Ling Xiu ......"

The red lips opened lightly, but he didn't even say a complete sentence after talking for a long time, and his autumn-like eyes were slightly red, covered with a layer of mist.

"What the hell is wrong with him? Sister Liyue, say it quickly! Tang Xiaomo was so anxious that she shouted loudly, and she already had a strong premonition in her heart.

At this time, Zhang Yifei stopped what he was doing, raised his head and sighed bitterly: "Lao Ling, he didn't come back!" ”

Didn't come back?

Hearing this, Tang Xiaomo's body trembled, and he immediately asked, "What does it mean that you didn't come back?" Where did the love dish go? ”

Zhang Yifei let out a long sigh, shook his head, stood up, and walked towards her.

Tang Xiaomo couldn't stop stepping back, tears streaming down, and looking at Zhang Yifei with a hint of resentment and pain.

Helpless, Zhang Yifei had to stop and comforted: "Cousin, don't be like this, you have to be strong!" ”

Although he had already guessed that this was the result, when it was confirmed, his soul seemed to be withdrawn from his body in an instant, and Tang Xiaomo sat down on the ground. After a few moments, he began to cry and burst into tears.

Her crying made Chu Liyue cry silently.

Zhang Yifei walked up to Tang Xiaomo, patted her shoulder gently, and then sat on the ground.

Sadness filled the hearts of the three of them, Ling Xiu was the backbone of their team, and it was their unwavering belief, but when he didn't come out of the burned mountain forest alive, the inner world of the three of them almost collapsed.

Especially when he carried a searchlight into the mountains and forests full of charred black ashes and saw the corpses of mutant ants piled up in a mountain, but he didn't even find Ling Xiu's shadow, Zhang Yifei felt that the color of the world was only gray.

Ling Xiu is gone, where should they go?

Even if you go to Phantom City, is everything still meaningful?

"Whew...... For...... Wow......"

At this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly sounded in the corridor outside, the frequency was very slow, but it seemed unusually harsh in the middle of the night, and people couldn't help but think of an old man walking with a hobbling step.

After a while, a dark shadow appeared at the door, although there was candlelight, but it was completely impossible to see the other party's face, it was like a person in the dark, and a strange atmosphere permeated.

"Click~"

Chu Liyue raised her gun and aimed at the figure at the door, opened the safety and pulled the bolt, and the action was done in one go, almost in the blink of an eye.

She asked in a wary loud voice, "Who are you?" ”

The figure was silent for a moment, then replied, "It's me!" ”

Although the voice was a little hoarse, it was a familiar voice for Chu Liyue and the others.

Ling Xiu!

"You...... Are you Lao Ling? ”

Zhang Yifei wiped away the tears that were about to overflow from the corners of his eyes and stood up, asking with an incredible face.

Tang Xiaomo also stopped crying, sobbing and looking at the figure at the door without blinking.

The figure stopped talking, and went into the bathroom to turn on the faucet to wash the charred black ashes off his face, revealing a face with delicate facial features.

"Lao Ling, it's really you!"

Zhang Yifei's eyes widened and his face was full of horror, he had seen with his own eyes how big the fire was, the flames had risen to a height of dozens of meters, and the air above the entire mountain forest had been burned to produce a distorted image, how could the flesh and blood still be alive inside, and it would turn to ashes in an instant, he took a step back and asked in fear, "You...... Are you a human or a ghost? ”

A black line stretched down Ling Xiu's face, and he was about to reply, only to feel a fragrant breeze blowing in his nose, and Tang Xiaomo desperately threw himself into his arms. His body was now burned very badly, weak, and he fell to the ground immediately after being pounced by Tang Xiaomo.

The severe pain on his back touched the ground, causing him to grit his teeth, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but soon, a soft green light wrapped his whole body, like a pair of gentle hands, soothing all the pain on his body.

Tang Xiaomo lay on top of him, his arms tightly wrapped around his neck, and his little face was close to his chest, as if he was crying like a tearful person.

"Love Cai, I thought I'd never see you again, woo woo woo ......" The body trembled slightly, like a shivering deer.

Ling Xiu gently patted her on the back and said with an embarrassed smile: "Okay, get up quickly, if you don't get up, I'll be crushed to death by your pig Tang Xiaomo!" ”

"I don't!"

Tang Xiaomo arrogantly refused, and her head rubbed affectionately on Ling Xiu's chest.

Looking at this warm picture, Chu Liyue cried with joy, a happy smile on her face.

……

It wasn't until the burns on Ling Xiu's body were healed that Tang Xiaomo got up.

Seeing that her face was stained with the ashes on her body, and then mixed with tears, as if she had ruined her makeup, Ling Xiu couldn't help but laugh.

"I hate it, and laugh at me again!" Tang Xiaomo muttered dissatisfied.

Ling Xiu still smiled lightly, and then hooked his finger at Zhang Yifei and called him over.

"Lao Ling!"

Zhang Yifei burst into tears, and rushed up to have a big bear hug with Ling Xiu.

But at this moment, Ling Xiu's face sank, and he kicked him out with one kick.

"Damn, what are you kicking my brother for? Liyue MM, catch me, catch me...... Oops......"

Zhang Yifei crossed an arc in the air, and the position of the landing happened to be in the direction of Chu Liyue, but Chu Liyue dodged gorgeously, and he slammed into the iron frame bed, letting out a scream like killing a pig.

"Spicy next door, Lao Ling, if you don't give me an explanation today, my brother will never die with you!" Zhang Yifei got up from the bed and said angrily.

"Explain? You fucking carried a searchlight to look for me in the mountains and forests, stepped back and forth on me twice and didn't find it, and knocked me unconscious, if it weren't for you, Lao Tzu would have walked back long ago, and you still want to explain to me now? Fuck me really want to kick your disgusting big fart~ stock! ”

Zhang Yifei was angry, Ling Xiu was even more annoyed than him, his voice was almost roaring, which directly shocked Zhang Yifei so much that he shrunk his neck, and involuntarily half-squatted down.

This is indeed the case, in order to survive, Ling Xiu set fire to an area before the fire burned him, and he lay down in that burned area, but he was still almost roasted, almost fainted, and his body was still covered by layers of ashes.

He heard Zhang Yifei's shout at that time, but he couldn't respond at all, what made him happy was that Zhang Yifei walked towards him, and what made him depressed was that Zhang Yifei didn't find him, and walked directly on his body, and then stepped on it again when he returned.

Listening to Zhang Yifei stepping on his back and shouting loudly around, "Old Ling, where are you?" Ling Xiu was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, he was fainted by the live anger.