Nan Muran finally recalled the group of people: “I noticed them. They seem to be related to plant research. They’re very interested in Xiaobai and Xiaoliu.”

“This isn’t good for you,” Jia Wu said, looking at Nan Muran with a serious tone.

Nan Muran paused, her hand holding the chopsticks still. She understood the implication of Jia Wu’s words.

Moreover, today she had used all her strength to rescue those people, and such abilities were too conspicuous now. She feared that Ouyang Feng and the underground lab’s spies had already noticed.

After a long silence, she sighed softly, “Let’s eat first.”

Just as they were eating, a knock on the door came from outside.

Jia Wu put down his chopsticks and stood up to open the door, finding Si Ye standing outside, holding a large amount of food, looking a bit awkward.

“Just in time, come in and eat,” Jia Wu invited him inside.

Nan Muran glanced at the pile of food Si Ye was holding and felt a little hungry. “Do you have any bacon rice?”

She had tried almost every kind of self-heating military food, but her favorite was bacon rice.

“Yes.” Si Ye immediately found the bacon rice and handed it to her.

The two of them were eating when it turned into three people eating together.

After finishing their meal, Nan Muran, who had noticed Si Ye’s silence throughout, looked at him with a smile in her eyes. “Why do you feel sorry?”

Because her question was so direct, Si Ye was stunned for a moment, then finally said, “Because I recklessly decided to let you follow into danger.”

“Si Ye, do you really understand the end of the world? Or do you truly understand the hearts of people in this world?

Look at everything around you, what you insist on, what you can’t let go of, is it still the same as at the beginning?” Nan Muran’s bright eyes seemed to see through Si Ye.

Si Ye looked into her eyes, “Can you say I don’t know?”

Nan Muran nodded, not surprised. “Of course, but the collapse of beliefs in the heart often happens in an instant.

Si Ye, today I used all my strength to save you, because of our past bond, and because of respect. So even if I risk my life, it’s my own choice, you don’t need to feel sorry.

But such actions will only happen once.”

Jia Wu breathed a long sigh of relief upon hearing Nan Muran’s words. He was truly worried that Nan Muran would repeatedly take risks because of Si Ye.

“Thank you.” After hearing Nan Muran’s words, Si Ye also sighed in relief.

Because of what Nan Muran said, he finally breathed a sigh of relief from the suffocating guilt.

“I’m tired. I’m going to sleep. You two can talk.” Nan Muran smiled pleasantly.

After her bedroom door closed, Si Ye and Jia Wu exchanged glances and silently began cleaning up the messy table.

Soon, everyone who had fought through multiple dangerous situations began to drift into sleep.

Eagle looked at Si Ye, who was still awake on the other bed. “Can’t sleep?”

“A little.” Si Ye sat up straight.

“What did you talk about when you went to see Miss Nan?”

Si Ye smiled but didn’t answer, “Sleep. Tomorrow morning, we have to head back to the base.”

“Actually, I didn’t expect Miss Nan to come to our rescue today,” Eagle lay back down. “She’s more decisive than we thought, but she also has her own principles of action.

You didn’t expect it either, right? At that time, weren’t you thinking about whether the will had any omissions?”

Si Ye glanced at him, “I didn’t collect a will.”

“Look at the dense swarm of zombies outside. Who can have one?” Eagle smiled bitterly.

“Eagle, do you think we really understand the end of the world?”

Eagle snorted dismissively, “When your life isn’t in your own hands, what’s there to understand?”

Suddenly, Si Ye’s expression sharpened. “Something’s wrong outside.”

Eagle quickly rolled out of bed, moved toward the window, and slowly lifted the curtains.

In the distance, in the dark night, dark shadows were moving. “A fully armed team of no fewer than thirty people is approaching.”

“Put on your gear, notify the others,” Si Ye quickly got up, donned his gear, and immediately rushed toward the suite where Nan Muran and Jia Wu were staying.

Inside, Nan Muran, exhausted, was sleeping soundly.

However, Jia Wu had already noticed the situation outside, and he saw it clearly—Black Ice’s vulture team and a squad-sized assault team were in the area.

“Ranran, Ranran…” Jia Wu lightly knocked on the door, but found no response.

At that moment, he heard another knock.

“Where’s Nan Muran?” Si Ye asked nervously, seeing Jia Wu alone in the living room.

“I knocked, but there was no response.”

Without hesitation, Si Ye took out a steel wire and began approaching the inner door.

“You’re going to pry open the door?”

“Do you have a better idea?” Si Ye was a bit impatient as he quickly pried open the door and slowly pushed it open.

On the bed, Nan Muran was curled up restlessly, her forehead damp with sweat, looking as if she had just been pulled out of water, burning like a furnace.

“She has a fever.” Si Ye touched her forehead in shock. “Do we have any fever medicine?”

When Jia Wu went out, Bai Mei had packed some emergency medicine, which he quickly fetched and handed to Si Ye.

Si Ye propped Nan Muran up, hands trembling slightly as he fed her the fever medicine. He turned to Jia Wu, “You stay with her. We’ll go deal with the people outside.”

Meanwhile, the Sword Team received Eagle’s notification and quickly approached the professors’ locations, moving everyone into the suite.

“Is Sister Nan alright?” Dong Zi looked worriedly into the room.

“She took the medicine. Hound, have your medic take a look at her,” Si Ye said anxiously, still focused on the approaching team outside.

The medic from Sword Team, a man, followed Si Ye into the room to check Nan Muran’s condition. “Has she taken the fever medicine?”

“Yes.”

“I only have emergency medicine here. It’s not as effective as what she took, but it’s not a big problem. She’ll wake up after a while.”

After confirming that Nan Muran was fine, Si Ye and Jia Wu both breathed a sigh of relief.

“These people outside are equipped with heavy weapons. We can’t engage head-on. Hound, leave a small team here to protect everyone, and the rest of you work with us to handle them.”

Soon, Si Ye and the four others, along with six from Sword Team, quietly left the building.

“Isn’t this military team supposed to be here for rescue? Why aren’t they taking the opportunity to get us out of here?” A young researcher showed dissatisfaction.

Professor Chen, older, looked at him disapprovingly. “Ten soldiers are out there fighting the enemy for us, and the girl who rescued us today is unconscious. What nonsense are you talking?”

“She’s unconscious and can’t leave. We can stay behind. Those soldiers are here for rescue. They can only leave after we do. We can’t just wait here to die.”

The young man spoke as if it were a matter of course.

He had clearly seen the enemy’s force of over forty people through the window. They only had sixteen people, and a group of helpless researchers, plus an unconscious woman. There was no way they could win.

Everyone stared at him with disbelief. After she just saved them today, now he was talking about leaving her behind to survive.

Beastly.

At that moment, a quiet plop sounded, and the young researcher was hit in the forehead by a bullet, looking in disbelief at Jia Wu.