What's wrong with being a little arrogant in the apocalypse just to support my wife?

Xian Wenrui, disregarding the pain, was excitedly studying the black crystal raw stone inside the spatial button.

Before purifying, he needed to study the corresponding tools on the blueprints. He was planning what he needed to do and failed to notice that Lu Yize's powers had been completely cleared.

Lu Yize didn't urge him, letting him waste time while he used the opportunity to recover his abilities. Once he had gathered enough power to condense a spatial vortex, Lu Yize finally spoke up, "Let's go."

Xian Wenrui then got up and followed Lu Yize into the vortex. Looking at Lu Yize's back as he tried to hold on, Xian Wenrui secretly praised his own acting skills, which were getting better and better, without exposing the fact that Brother Lu was putting on a brave face.

He was always meticulous and noticed Lu Yize's supernatural abilities from the beginning. He also knew that Lu Yize was a person who was too proud to admit his mistakes, so he could only pretend not to know and go along with his nature.

Not long after Lu Yize and Sheng Xue returned to the base, Sheng Xue, being a healer, was quite sensitive to the smell of blood. Realizing that someone was injured, she came out of the bedroom and looked up to see Lu Yize, who was almost covered in blood but still looked calm.

Sheng Xue stepped forward and gave Xian Wenrui, whose hands had several bloody holes, some basic treatment. Because he had only been in contact with the raw stone for a short time, Xian Wenrui's injuries were not too serious, just superficial wounds.

In addition, Sheng Xue's ability level is higher than Xian Wenrui's, so the healing consumes very little ability and the healing speed is extremely fast.

Immediately returning to normal, Xian Wenrui raised his hand to examine it. After confirming that there was no problem, he immediately flattered, "Sheng Xue, your superpower is really useful. Thank you so much. Please take a look at Brother Lu. His condition is more serious than mine."

Sheng Xue didn't think much of it. Her supernatural power circulated around Lu Yize. She thought that although Lu Yize's injury was serious, it was probably like Xian Wenrui's, mostly external injuries. But when Sheng Xue's supernatural power probed into Lu Yize's body, she immediately discovered something was wrong.

Although Lu Yize still looks like a normal person and appears calm and collected, his internal organs have basically shifted, and his blood vessels are ruptured beyond recognition. He is only kept alive by a single, unknown breath.

No wonder he didn't release Jiang Yue from the supernatural space. Sometimes, Sheng Xue really didn't understand what Lu Yize was pretending to be.

However, she wouldn't ask any unnecessary questions. She just needed to do her own thing. Sheng Xue's superpower was extremely effective in healing injuries. Originally, Lu Yize felt a tightness in his chest, but now at least his superpower could function normally.

The difference in ability levels between Sheng Xue and Lu Yize was too great. Even after Sheng Xue exhausted all her abilities, she was still unable to heal Lu Yize's injuries.

"I've treated your more serious internal injuries. As for the others, given your ability level, they shouldn't take too long to heal on their own."

Lu Yize thanked her and took out a third-tier crystal core from his supernatural space as a reward for Sheng Xue, who accepted it without hesitation.

Xian Wenrui belatedly realized he also wanted to take out crystal cores, but Sheng Xue saw this and pushed her wheelchair to him, saying, "Your injuries are relatively minor, not to the point where you need to pay with crystal cores."

Since she said that, Xian Wenrui didn't continue to try to extract crystal cores. He had already used up all his crystal cores, so he couldn't extract any more even if he wanted to.

"Then I'll cook you a meal. I'm a pretty good cook!"

Although Sheng Xue disagreed with his statement that his cooking skills were decent, she didn't refuse. She nodded and pushed the wheelchair back to the room.

Xian Wenrui glanced at Sheng Xue's tightly closed door, hesitated for a long time, and then asked Lu Yize, "Brother Lu, is Fan Jian's body... still in Sheng Xue's room?"

Lu Yize didn't like to meddle in other people's business. As for how to deal with Fan Jian's body, he felt that Sheng Xue must have a better plan. Sheng Xue cared about Fan Jian far more than they did.

Xian Wenrui was aware of this as well. He scratched his head and said awkwardly, "The weather warmed up rapidly the other day, wasn't it? I was just thinking, what if Fan Jian's body rots? Just watching him rot away like this... doesn't seem right."

"In this kind of weather, if it were really rotting, the stench of the corpse would have already permeated the entire base."

Although Lu Yize didn't know what method Sheng Xue used, he didn't ask too many questions. No one could truly understand this feeling.

In his past life, when Jiang Yue died in his arms, he tried many methods to revive that crippled, ugly, and incredibly stupid zombie, but death never gives anyone a chance to turn back.

That's why he chose the extreme method of self-destructing his supernatural core, taking everyone with him.

After listening to Lu Yize's words, Xian Wenrui thought it made sense, so he didn't ask any more questions. He still had to cook for Sheng Xue, and he had to pay back the debt he owed her as soon as possible.

After he left, Lu Yize released Jiang Yue from the space. As soon as Jiang Yue came out of the supernatural space, she looked at his wounds with a bad expression.

"You can't always lock me up."

Jiang Yue stared at his wound, her tone as gentle as ever, but her attitude was surprisingly firm.

This was probably the first time in all this time, no, in all the lifetimes they had known each other, that Jiang Yue had so clearly expressed her thoughts to Lu Yize.

They have their own ideas.

This is good.

Lu Yize's lips curled up, but his eyes were devoid of warmth. He knew he was acting strangely, but Jiang Yue had always been like this in her past life. Although she hadn't explicitly expressed her thoughts to him, she had done things that were directly life-threatening.

She's incredibly daring; she's even willing to do something as reckless as digging out the crystal core.

Oh, in her past life she did want to speak, but she was mute.

Luckily, he's mute, otherwise I don't know how many angry things I would have said to him, just like what happened now.

Jiang Yue knew Lu Yize well; she could tell from his expression that he was unhappy. Jiang Yue stepped forward to bandage his wounds, glancing up at him as she did so.

After confirming that his mood had changed, she whispered, "I can help you."

Based on what she said earlier, the goal is still not to lock her up, as she can be of help.

Lu Yize stared coldly at Jiang Yue. Yes, Jiang Yue could indeed be of help. He was able to have such mental strength now thanks in no small part to Jiang Yue.

Lu Yize chooses to ignore what he doesn't want to hear; he's the kind of person who excels at refusing to communicate.

In his father's crude words, Lu Yize's temper was like a rock in a latrine—stinky and hard.

Hearing Jiang Yue's soft sigh, Lu Yize inwardly snorted, feeling sorry for Jiang Yue, who had met someone like him.

He thought that Jiang Yue would be somewhat unhappy because he was so disrespectful to her.

But the next moment, he felt a warm touch on his body. When he opened his eyes, he found Jiang Yue wiping the skin around his wound with a towel.

Meeting Jiang Yue's clear and unyielding eyes, Lu Yize finally had to admit a fact: it was unclear who had the upper hand between them.