Absolute Zone Zero: I survive in Liufen Street

"Let's go down and take a walk. Is there a place to park here?" Bai Zhi stroked the hilt of the long sword lying between them. After turning off the radio, the atmosphere in the car became even more depressing.

Bai Zhi looked out the window at the pitch-black scenery where he could see nothing but the highway lights, and suddenly spoke like this.

"Huh? This kind of place is a wilderness away from the highway, but there is nothing." Ms. Jane glanced at the man who had restrained his outward emotions and turned back into a calm and silent man like a sculpture. She had a deeper understanding of the stubbornness that Fu Fu mentioned.

Although Ms. Jane said that, she still turned the steering wheel and drove the car off the road into the wilderness.

She said to Bai Zhi half-jokingly, "It's a dark and windy night in the wilderness.

In this season, it is darkest and quietest before dawn.

Are you planning to kill me and then dump my body in the wilderness?"

"You can be more confident in your own skills." Bai Zhi deliberately did not deny it directly, but replied with ambiguous and threatening words: "Maybe our physical fitness is very different. But with your speed, it's enough to escape before I can really finish you off."

"Oh? You are very confident in your skills, young man." The curve of Ms. Jane's mouth became a little dangerous.

Ms. Jian recalled their first meeting, when she had capsized in a ditch and injured her leg, becoming unable to move and having to be tied up like a dumpling. The irritation she had suppressed was reignited by the mute man's teasing.

"Looks like you'd rather chat with me with a knife?! That's perfect, we still have one...

No. These are two accounts that need to be settled.”

"...It's up to you. Also, I'm almost thirty years old, not young anymore." Bai Zhi placed his hands at his side, his fingers quietly clicking the corners of his clothes, and replied coldly.

Bai Zhi always felt that Ms. Jian's attitude towards him was a little...'kind' or 'loving'?

So he deliberately exaggerated his age. Anyway, if we rounded up his real age, there would be nothing wrong with saying he was almost 30, right?

In fact, he didn't mean to fight with Ms. Jian, nor was he a battle fanatic. Besides, he had just spent a lot of effort to get everyone out of the cave and hadn't had a good rest. Although Bai Zhi's physical value was tireless, his mental consumption was not small.

If it weren't for the need to maintain his outward image and because he was not familiar with Ms. Jian, Bai Zhi even wanted to lie down in the back seat, have a fainting sleep, and have a good sleep.

But if I apologize now, all the atmosphere I created before will be wasted.

It's not impossible to have a fight, maybe this will help him complete his experiment better.

Besides, having experts willing to spar with him for free gave him the opportunity to overcome his timid habit of fighting, which was also an added bonus.

At most, the stats could be raised a bit, and we could try to avoid being beaten too badly by Ms. Jian, which would cause the image of [Bai Zhi] to collapse. Anyway, if we can't win, we can still find an excuse, saying that we consumed too much energy in the void, so it's not surprising that we lost.

Bai Zhi comforted himself with some self-abandonment, preparing to accept the impending fate of being beaten.

After we left the main road and there were no street lights, the scenery outside suddenly became dark.

The city lights are like sparks, flashing signals of civilization in the distance.

The wilderness outside the city, on the contrary, is a symbol of disorder and barbarism.

This is a side that won't be shown on the game map, because there really is nothing there.

The wheels squeaked to a stop.

Pushing open the car door, the late autumn night wind was exceptionally chilly. Ms. Jane tucked her wind-twisted hair away from her temples and took a deep breath of the chill air. Having been up all night, she felt a little groggy in the warm car, but her mind felt much clearer. The irritation that had been stirring in her heart was somewhat dampened by the cool breeze.

Ms. Jane looked at the knife-wielding man's back, watching him walk without hesitation into the wilderness in the darkness. He was tall and straight, his steps steady and firm.

Ms. Jian smacked her lips in an ungracious manner. Judging a person by his actions, Bai Zhi's behavior inadvertently revealed the resolute and stubborn side of his character.

In particular, Ms. Jian had also seen Bai Zhi's "good temper" which was inconsistent with his appearance.

The combination of these two characteristics means that Bai Zhi will not easily waver in the decisions he has made.

Because the decisions of such people are often made after careful consideration, or even long periods of self-struggle, before they reach the final decision.

Ms. Jian felt that Fu Fu's expectation that she would change and persuade Bai Zhi to give up his autocratic protective desire would probably disappoint Fu Fu.

But you still have to try it.

Ms. Jane sighed and followed the figure in front of her that was about to disappear into the darkness.

Ms. Jane didn't consider herself a sweetheart, and Bai Zhi denied her misunderstanding of her age. As an adult, she should bear the consequences of her choices.

But if possible, Ms. Jane still wanted to try to help this man who made her feel very comfortable.

Even if we ignore that misunderstanding of "saving lives", just based on what Bai Zhi did, he is worthy of Jane's extra consideration.

In [New Elido], purely good people are a rare species.

In this world full of hollow disasters, the overly cruel reality of suffering often wears away people's pure and sincere "goodness" like a child very early on.

'Protect yourself and survive' is the first lesson many people have to learn in order to 'grow up'.

So no matter what the reason, anyone who is willing to go in and out of the cave to save others can be considered a hero, even if it's just one person.

"People always protect everything they care about in their own way.

"Then why did you step into the darkness and push away the person who was important to you?" Ms. Jane thought to herself as she stared at the figure in front of her.

Bai Zhi didn't actually walk very far before he stopped in a relatively open and flat place.

He turned around and nervously gripped the hilt of his sword. Thanks to his overall improved physical stats, Bai Zhi only needed a little light in the dark to see his surroundings.

Bai Zhi naturally did not miss Ms. Jian's bright eyes, which seemed to want to peel off his skin and see the essence of his soul.

Facing such a Ms. Jian, Bai Zhi's breathing was disordered for a moment, but it was covered up by the sound of the wind.

Although he seemed calm, the villain in his heart began to think about whether he should leave a suicide note for Fu Fu.

"It seems like there's no way I can escape this beating.

"Anyway...anyway, I can't get beaten up in vain! I hope everything turns out just as I imagined." Bai Zhi thought indignantly, wiping away tears in his heart.

Small Theater

White Feather: Suicide Note

I hope my sister will smile when she sees this letter:

By the time you read this letter, I may have already been buried in the wilderness outside the city by the 'rescue' you found...

Jane Doe: ...