NABC Chapter 304 But you are my everything!
Chapter 304 But you are my everything!
She is a prophet, someone who can foretell the future of all things.
In the Jingzhe motorcade, no matter how many personnel changes occurred, everyone always fawned over her and stayed close to her.
Who wouldn't show her concern and care?
Who wouldn't be fond of her?
Without them, they would have been devoured by the monsters and abandoned by the apocalypse long ago.
Yes, yes, they must not know what sequence they belong to yet.
The campfire flickered in the night on the mudflats, casting the silhouettes of the two convoys onto the cracked riverbed.
One is bright, the other is dark, and the boundary is clear.
On the fire truck side, the group was distributing food around several bonfires.
The aroma of the heated canned food mixed with the smoky scent of burning reeds brought out a long-lost taste of "life".
A large pot of thick, mixed soup, simmering in the broth, was being distributed to everyone in the convoy by Li Miao.
The group of people, holding canned food containers, sipped their drinks, their eyes occasionally glancing towards the other side of the riverbed.
The area around the Jingzhe convoy was much quieter.
The fire they lit was small, with a few sequence transcendents and the few ordinary people sitting scattered around.
Lin Zhennan seemed to be telling them about his conversation with Fu Xiaojian.
Jin Shuting glared at Tashan with resentment, completely ignoring the pair of equally resentful eyes staring back at her.
Lin Zhennan's expression turned even colder as he looked at her.
Pei Xiu listened with a smile, but there was neither expectation nor relief in her eyes.
More likely, it is a stagnant calm, like still water.
Hinata Aoi glanced at Xu Si on the roof of the car from time to time, showing no interest in the affairs of the convoy.
Although Xu Si had almost disappeared into the darkness.
Looking at the group of people with their own thoughts, Lin Zhennan felt even heavier.
The sooner these convoys disperse, the sooner they'll be free.
"Get ready, you'll be setting off with the Xinhuo train convoy tomorrow. There won't be another Jingzhe convoy after that. It's best not to break the rules I just mentioned, otherwise I can't help you!"
After saying his last sentence, Lin Zhennan got up and left.
As for the rest of the team, Fu Xiaojian will have to take care of them from now on.
It's already quite an achievement that he's managed to keep the team together until now.
……
As night deepened, the deathly stillness of the mudflats became even more intense than during the day.
The blood moon was hidden behind thick clouds, with only the faint red glow of the embers of the campfire visible.
Apply the last touch of warm color to the cracked riverbed.
"Get down!"
Using the overhead light in the carriage, Jin Shuting, who was doing her makeup with the last of her cosmetics, rolled her eyes at Zhou Jun, who wanted to get on the train and be intimate with her.
That one glance was like looking at a piece of trash, a bug, or a lump of mud.
"...What do you mean?" Zhou Jun's voice was low, trying to suppress the rising anger within him.
Jin Shuting's behavior during the day, as if she wanted to stick to Tashan, infuriated him.
"You don't think that just because I slept with you for two days I'm your woman, do you? Why don't you take a good look at yourself in the mirror and see if you're even worthy?"
Jin Shuting didn't even glance at Zhou Jun while she was speaking; her mind was entirely focused on the vanity mirror in the passenger seat.
She spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world, and with great confidence.
Among the vehicles involved in the Jingzhe caravan, he chose Zhou Jun, which was essentially picking the best among the worst.
If Lin Zhennan weren't so clueless about romance, how could he have fallen for Zhou Jun, who was also a Sequence 2?
She's not stupid; she has better options now.
That big guy definitely didn't see her beautiful face; he'll be completely intoxicated by her beauty tomorrow.
Which man can resist taking what's offered to him? She knows men all too well.
Bah, Lin Zhennan, that bastard, is an exception.
As if she had thought of something she disliked, her eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"So you were lying to me all along?"
Zhou Jun's fingers trembled slightly. He thought he had encountered the most blazing light in the apocalypse, but he never expected...
"Lie? No, no, no, what did I lie to you about? It's not like I didn't let you sleep with me! What else do you want? You want me to follow you for the rest of my life?"
"Don't be silly, this is the apocalypse. Only by following the strong can you have food to eat and clothes to wear."
This was something she had long seen through, a reality she had long recognized.
"Didn't you see what they cooked tonight? I saw it; that bus was full of supplies, full of food!"
Seeing that Zhou Jun was still stubbornly clinging to a sliver of hope, she shattered it completely.
Then she ignored it and focused on dressing herself up.
Today must have been too rushed; women really do need to take care of their appearance.
While she was focused on getting ready, Zhou Jun's breathing suddenly became heavy.
In the darkness, his eyes were fixed on Jin Shuting's carefully drawn profile under the dim overhead light.
That face had lost all its allure in his eyes at that moment, leaving only nauseating hypocrisy and scheming.
She's right, it's the end of the world.
In the end times, the least valuable thing is human life, and the most fickle thing is the human heart.
He suddenly laughed, his voice low and hoarse, carrying an almost imperceptible chill: "You're right, only by following the strong can you eat... But have you ever thought about why the strong would want someone like you who's been used and discarded?"
Jin Shuting paused in applying her eyebrows, then abruptly turned her head, her eyebrows bristling: "Zhou Jun! You—"
Her words stopped abruptly.
Zhou Jun made his move.
There was no roaring, no unnecessary movements.
He used the "backstab" trait of the Sequence 2 scout to its fullest extent at this moment.
With a "whoosh," a dagger pierced Jin Shuting's throat, and blood instantly sprayed onto the passenger window.
"Well!"
Jin Shuting only managed to let out a short, muffled groan.
"You probably didn't foresee that you'd die by my hand, did you?"
The hand covered in calluses slammed precisely onto the end of the dagger, and the entire dagger ruthlessly pierced through her neck.
The force wasn't great, but it cleverly shattered the woman's trachea, blood vessels, and spine.
The eyebrow pencil in her hand fell onto the floor mat with a thud.
His eyes widened in disbelief, his pupils reflecting Zhou Jun's distorted and cold face so close to his.
She wanted to mobilize the sequence energy, but the "Prophet" sequence is inherently biased towards support and early warning.
Faced with such close proximity and such a sudden attack, they were as fragile as paper.
She reached out in vain to grab Zhou Jun's arm, but her body's instinct made her press her throat tightly.
Eventually, her body went limp and she collapsed.
The last thing she saw reflected in the makeup mirror was her own rapidly fading complexion.
And those eyes, lost in their luster yet still tinged with shock and resentment, nestled among her disheveled hair.
Zhou Jun supported her limp body and slowly laid her down in the passenger seat, his movements even carrying an odd gentleness.
He reached out and closed her wide-open eyes, then gently kissed her with his lips.
They didn't seem to mind the blood spurting from her mouth at all.
"But you are my everything!"
He was talking to her.
The carriage was deathly silent.
Only the occasional rustling of the wind blowing through the dry reeds could be heard from the mudflats outside the vehicle.
And the barely audible conversation of the night watchmen of the loot train in the distance.
Xu Si, perched on the roof of the car, merely glanced in this direction before paying no further attention.