CH 71.1

Chapter 71.1 – Abyss No.0

Shi Yuan cried so sadly that his knotted tail curled up again. He hugged Lu Tinghan, tears flowing uncontrollably, and wetted Lu Tinghan’s military uniform.

He wanted to apologize, wanted to tell the story clearly, but he was never an eloquent abyss.

He could only hug Lu Tinghan tightly, thinking that he might lose his human forever.

He didn’t know how long he had been crying.

Until Lu Tinghan stretched out his hand, wiped the corners of his eyes, and said helplessly: “…how can you cry so much?”

Shi Yuan cried even more fiercely.

He was very sad. He didn’t notice that Lu Tinghan’s gun was never pointed at him from beginning to end. He didn’t notice when the law enforcement team under the tower left, or how Lu Tinghan took him into the car.

The black car started silently, as it had done countless times before, heading towards the silent street. In the car, Shi Yuan was tired of crying and buried in Lu Tinghan’s arms.

There were no words along the way.

When the car stopped, Lu Tinghan finally stretched out his hand and touched his head: “Get out of the car.”

Shi Yuan: “…hmm.” His voice was hoarse from crying.

He tugged on the cuffs of Lu Tinghan tightly, and when he entered the house, he realized that this was not their usual home.

Lu Tinghan turned on the lights, the living room was quite small, barely fitting in the sofa and coffee table, and there was only one bedroom.

He said: “It’s very remote here, and there are no other people around. It’s better for you not to be seen by others now.” He touched Shi Yuan’s hand, it was bone-chillingly cold, he sighed, “You sit first, I’ll go boil a cup of hot water.”

Out of caution and safety considerations, Lu Tinghan had different places to live in Fengyang City in case of emergency. This small house was the most secluded place, he hadn’t been here a few times. He rolled up his cuffs and opened the kitchen cabinet, and found the electric kettle and two clean glass mugs.

The water was filled up, the electricity was turned on, and as soon as it started to bubble, he had an extra pair of hands around his waist.

Shi Yuan hugged him from behind and said in a muffled voice, “Lu Tinghan, I’m sorry.”

Lu Tinghan made no sound. When the hot water was ready, he filled two glass mugs and said, “Shi Yuan, let me go to the sofa.”

Shi Yuan didn’t let go.

Lu Tinghan was helpless: “Shi Yuan.”

Still no movement, and in his peripheral vision, the tail, which was tied in a dead knot, curled up even more.

Lu Tinghan couldn’t help it, took two glass mugs of hot water, and dragged the little monster back to the sofa step by step. This time, Shi Yuan was willing to let go and sat on the sofa, holding the glass mug that Lu Tinghan handed him in both hands.

“Tell me about it.” Lu Tinghan looked at him. “What the hell is going on? What on earth are you… exactly?”

Shi Yuan clenched the glass mug tightly, his fingertips turning slightly white.

He said: “I am 0.”

Lu Tinghan: “……”

Lu Tinghan：“………I know this.”

“Oh no, that’s not what I meant.” Shi Yuan realized that something was wrong.

He put down the glass mug, sniffled, and plucked up the courage to say, “I am an abyss. I am Abyss No.0.”

Hearing Shi Yuan’s personal confession at this moment, even though Lu Tinghan had already guessed it, he still froze.

It’s too unbelievable, thousands of words merged into one sentence, he asked: “…how did you become a human?”

“Because I was sad.” Shi Yuan recalled the past, and felt even more heartbroken. “You left suddenly one day and never came back. I was so sad, so sad that I was transformed, and I became a human.”

Lu Tinghan hesitated, “Sad enough that you transformed? Because of this, you became a human?”

There were tears in Shi Yuan’s eyes again: “Look, you have no idea how sad I was. If you like someone enough to be sad, you can also be sad to the point of transformation.”

Lu Tinghan said, “No, I’m pretty sure I can’t.”

Shi Yuan’s tears fell abruptly, hugging his tail.

Lu Tinghan really couldn’t understand, why did he make Shi Yuan cry when he said that he couldn’t transform?

Maybe the thinking of the abyss was very strange. Seeing that Shi Yuan was about to cry again, he had to resort to a killer technique, stretched out his hand, and rubbed Shi Yuan’s head fiercely.

This trick was effective at all times.

Shi Yuan leaned against him and slowly withdrew his tears.

“After crying so much, drink some water.” Lu Tinghan handed the mug over. “Let’s continue.”

Shi Yuan took a sip of hot water and continued talking.

He said that after he became human, he had no idea where to go and walked for months before he met Xie Qianming.

Xie Qianming thought Shi Yuan was also infected, so he let him get into the car and the two traveled together for five days. Until the empress bee appeared, Shi Yuan killed the empress bee to protect Xie Qianming, but the parasitic eggs on Xie Qianming were catalyzed by the empress bee and hatched ahead of time. He failed to save Xie Qianming.

Lu Tinghan said, “The empress bee you killed is the ‘Black Queen’?”

“Yeah,” Shi Yuan’s voice was still hoarse, “I didn’t know at the time that by killing it, I would be infecting it. I’ve never infected any creature before, I didn’t know it would happen, I just wanted to save Xie Qianming.”

Lu Tinghan asked, “How did you kill it? How long did it take?”

“Ah… isn’t it a very simple thing to kill if you want to kill?” Shi Yuan tilted his head in confusion. “I don’t know how long it took, maybe a few seconds. But it should have stayed in the black crystal for a long time before it started moving again.”

Lu Tinghan was silent for a few seconds.

Such a terrifying infection, such an ascension of species beyond imagination, to Shi Yuan, it was only a matter of a few seconds.

Then, the dead monster silently evolved in the crystal and became a city’s…no, a world’s catastrophe.

The old guys in the research center were right. For monsters, Abyss No.0 was their god.

Shi Yuan drank a little more water, and his mood stabilized a little bit, but he still leaned against Lu Tinghan, and continued: “Then I followed the convoy to find you. I always thought you were an ordinary soldier, but I didn’t expect you to be a general and surrounded by such terrifying mutant soldiers. I was so scared that my tail knotted. But, I felt I couldn’t miss the chance to be with you.”

Therefore, with timidity and courage, with a knotted tail and the fragrance of potato soup, he rushed into Lu Tinghan’s arms.

Shi Yuan said: “Later, according to Xie Qianming’s wish, I went to the Wild Rose Troupe to act. I originally only cared about you, but I met those people and those things, saw the stage and the wheat fields, and understood a little bit why you like this city. During the peak period, I went out of the city once, thinking about killing a monster and bringing it back to you to prove my ability, and then… protect Gleaning City.”

Lu Tinghan recalled that the Alliance had just announced the arrival of the peak period, and once again monitored the infection signal of Abyss No.0.

Infection signals appeared and disappeared, twice in total, at both ends of the city. Professor Guan of the research center was very angry and cursed, “Is this damn abyss lost?

Lu Tinghan tentatively asked, “Were you lost?”

“How did you know?!” Shi Yuan’s eyes widened. “I ran back to the wrong place and got wet before walking home.”

Lu Tinghan: “……”

Really got lost!

He didn’t know what the expressions of those old professors should be when they found out the truth.

Lu Tinghan said again: “Yin Zhou also died at that time. Is it related to you?”

“Hmm.” Shi Yuan said, “The convoy was attacked, and they thought Yin Zhou was dead. He was still breathing when I went over there, he recognized my voice, and knew that I was a monster.”

Lu Tinghan: “Then what happened? Did you shoot him?”

When he asked this, he didn’t even notice that he was tensing up.

“Yin Zhou was infected and was dying. He asked me to use the gun and give him a good end.” Shi Yuan said, “So I did, and I piled a stone tomb for him. Then I found a dying blue butterfly, killed it, and brought it back to the city to try to show it to you.”

His tail curled up again at the memory: “Before I could show it to you, I learned about the empress bee. I thought I could do something to save the city, but I, I just found out that I could only make things worse. At first, I really just wanted to save Xie Qianming.”

Lu Tinghan asked: “The records of Xie Qianming and Yin Zhou have been damaged, and there are no witnesses, so it is impossible to confirm the incident. Do you have any evidence? Can you prove what you said?”

“No,” Shi Yuan said lightly, “I don’t have any evidence.”

Lu Tinghan was silent.

During this period, Shi Yuan nestled beside him, not daring to look at him, as if waiting for his final judgment.