For the first time Guo Zerui felt a feeling outside of admiration and love for his brother, at the moment, he felt a trace of fear. He hastily retreated, quickly wiping the blood from his mouth, so the blood smell couldn't attract zombies or mutated animals. He opened, frightened, "Boss, what did I say wrong? Why are you suddenly fighting with me? We've been brothers for more than ten years, is our friendship really nothing compared to Bai Mo Han?"
Lei Chuan barely repressed his rage and growled, "You want to know why I'm like this? I'll tell you. When you died, I despaired and chose self-destruct."
Guo Zerui stared, suddenly depressed.
Lei Chuan's eyes were empty, like he was looking into the past, the painfulness of that time hadn't diminished, but the narrative become more intense.
"But Dr. Bai arrived in time and pressed down my self-destruct energy, I survived."
"But, boss, you're were a level-11 Warrior ah! If you choose to self-destruct, who can stop you?" Guo Zerui shook his head in disbelief.
Lei Chuan smiled wryly, "You think I'm good? Do you think if I hadn't been caught in the lab, I would have become the country's best Warrior?"
Guo Zerui confidently nodded. If it wasn't for Bai Mo Han, the boss would have been a dominant party, not a lab rat. That man simply trampled the boss' dignity into the ground! That was harder for him to accept than if they'd killed his boss directly.
"But while all the major forces were imagining how powerful it must be to be a level-12, the doctor was already a King level. He could naturally stop me from exploding."
At these words, Guo Zerui felt confused and immediately denied, "But now, Dr. Bai is obviously an ordinary man ah! The Apocalypse started over half a year ago, all the Warriors have already awakened."
This drove a spike into Lei Chuan's heart. His eyes cut into Guo Zerui like a knife, immediately silencing him.
"I didn't die, but became a living soul, imprisoned to the doctor's side. The doctor's King level nucleus was also cracked by my strength, so the strength of his body was greatly reduced and he suffered heavy losses, all his organs slowly began to fail. I always looked at him while he vomited, panting, then watched him collapse onto the cold floor, and wake up to quietly clean his room, pretending nothing had happened. In the laboratory, he worked days and nights without rest. In order to prevent B Base from mass-producing a much more terrible monster than the zombies, he used the last remaining vestiges of power in his nucleus to kill the creator. He became an ordinary man without the slightest hesitation."
"He was only skin and bones, and as time went on, he almost vomited out all his internal organs. When no one was around, he would lie down on the sink, gasping for breath, because if he didn't do that, he could stop breathing at any moment. But when he stood by the operating table, his hand was steady as always, he never made even a tiny mistake. He supported himself entirely by willpower, just to develop the vaccine. He once said that in order to return the world to its original appearance, and so mankind could continue to multiply, he was willing to pay any price. That included the experiments he sacrificed, and his own life."
"He succeeded, but he couldn't enjoy even a shred of glory, he was mercilessly killed by the B Base people. Before his death, he sent the priceless information to all the bases in the nation. I was furious, and chose self-destruct again. But when I opened my eyes, you'd already controlled me into assassinating the doctor with the bloodvine. To extract the bloodvine, the doctor exhausted all his power, and his nucleus broke again."
Guo Zerui stood rigged like a piece of wood pounded into the ground, his mind was overturning seas and rivers.
Lei Chuan glanced at him and sneered, "The doctor is supposed to be a King level, but he was ruined by you. How many people have you killed in two lifetimes? What did you kill them for?"
Before Guo Zerui could answer, he continued, "You've killed hundreds of people, either because of personal differences, self-defense, or conflict of interest. Don't say it, I've killed a lot of people too, and my motivation was no nobler than yours. Compared to our dirty motives, the doctor chose to save more people by sacrificing a few, can you say he is the bad guy here? If it was you, helplessly watching him die such a miserable death after he left a hope for the future generations, could you hate him? Anyone who has a trace of a conscience would never mention using the doctor, then heartlessly killing him later."
He spread a palm filled with purple lightening and coldly opened, "There will be no second time, or, even if I owe you a life, I will not show you mercy."
He turned around and took two steps, then he shouted at a corner, "Have you heard enough? If you've heard enough, get out!"
Zhao Ling Feng came out of the darkness, his expression somewhat embarrassed. He had no idea that there would be such a twist in the story. Lei Chuan had actually accompanied the doctor as a soul. No wonder he held no grudge against Dr. Bai, after seeing everything, who could hate him? Unless they were a madman intent on destroying the world.
They left one after another, and Guo Zerui stood straight for several minutes before waking up from his stupor, then he gave a wry smile.
His boss's remarks completely overturned all his knowledge of Dr. Bai. Not only was the man transcendent in many professional fields, his inner world was more clean and pure than anyone else's. He didn't have a shred of selfishness, to sustain mankind, to stay true to his beliefs, he could pay any price. It's because people like him exist, the world will slowly return from the endless darkness into the light.
He died a miserable death, but also died a heroic death, he left a seed of hope for humanity.
To follow such a noble, resolute, and fearless man, who could restrain the admiration and reverence in their hearts? And admiration and reverence could accumulate into a love fiercer than red-hot magma.
No wonder the boss looked at Dr. Bai with eyes full of flames. He'd fallen in love with him, from the last life to this world.
Guo Zerui smiled, but his eyes were wet, he remembered how he'd spent his own life to save his boss in the past, and couldn't help but feel reluctant to give up.
"Hum, didn't you fall in love all by yourself? Of course you'd suffer! You're like his family, he'll never see you like that!" Secretly cursing himself, Guo Zerui rubbed his running nose, and boldly walked back into the room. No amount of heartbreak could compare to a promising future.
Lei Chuan's remarks brought back sad memories, so Zhao Ling Feng was completely sleep-less, he sat cross-legged beside the doctor and silently shed tears, some puddles were forming on the ground.
The soldiers stole glances at him and couldn't help but snicker, one swirled his finger by his temple, mocking his craziness.
Not a moment later, Lei Chuan came in and saw Zhao Ling Feng guarding the sleeping bag, his heart suddenly felt irritable, he kicked at him and growled, "Go to sleep, don't fool around here. How can you protect the doctor tomorrow with no sleep?"
Protecting the doctor was certainly more important than crying. Zhao Ling Feng immediately wiped tears with his sleeve and slid into his sleeping bag.
Trapped in those memories, Lei Chuan's mood was somersaulting, the doctor was lying on the sink and vomiting blood, he was bone thin, he looked frail, and he collapsed onto the floor. He looked down at him clutching his chest, each frame had been etched into his brain with a sharp knife, stabbing into the softest places of his heart.
His eyes were crimson and moist, he gritted his teeth to repress his desire to cry. There was a saying, 'Real men don't cry easily, because they have not experienced heartache.' He used to scoff at the words, but now he finally knew what it meant to feel heartache. He didn't want to experience it a second time.
Although the boss didn't shed tears like Zhao Ling Feng, he looked a million times sadder than Zhao Ling Feng. The soldiers stopped laughing and looked at each other, puzzled.
What's going on here? Dr. Bai is not dead, yet the two are crying like they're at his funeral.
Guo Zerui stood at the door, staring at the back of his melancholy boss for a long time. He could understand his feelings, watching a loved one die just to reborn and watch him nearly die again, his heart must certainly be suffering. He now had some admiration for his boss' forbearance, just beating him up instead of killing him showed how deep their brotherhood was.
With that thought, the pain in his heart lessened, he walked over and patted his boss' shoulder in comfort.
At that moment, the doctor opened his misty eyes and found a man beside his sleeping bag, he raised his eyebrows for a second then muttered, "I want a drink."
Lei Chuan immediately made a brother with water ability fill a glass of water, he carefully brought it to his small mouth, carefully cupping the doctor's lower jaw, afraid it would spill into his shirt.
Zhou Yun Sheng solved his thirst problem, then found that his hands and feet were cold, he patted the man beside him and whispered, "I'm cold, come in and help me warm up."
Because of his words, Lei Chuan's heart that was dripping blood instantaneously cured, he promised and brought the thin man carefully into his arms, and found that he'd craftily buried his ice-cold hands into his own undergarments. Lei Chuan couldn't help but emit a low joyful laugh.
At that moment, he finally felt the sensation of being alive again.