"Xu Qian, Xu Qian…"
Xiao Ping felt a chill run through his entire body as he clumsily searched the sea.
Suddenly, he saw a slender figure leaning against the warship, and a rare trace of fear flickered in his eyes.
He swam towards her with all his might. She had her eyes closed, her face pale, looking as if she were dead…
Xiao Ping grabbed her shoulders and shook her vigorously.
"Xu Qian, Xu Qian."
Xu Qian opened her eyes. A blurry figure appeared before her. His mouth moved, but she couldn't hear anything clearly.
"Go quickly."
Xiao Ping immediately took Xu Qian towards the shore.
Due to their poor swimming skills, their progress was incredibly slow. The warship behind them slowly drew closer…
"Open fire."
Xiao Ping's back went cold. He pulled Xu Qian into his embrace and dove down with all his strength.
"Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff…"
Countless bullets tore into his back, sending splashes of blood into the water.
Xiao Ping, his expression unchanged, continued to swim towards the shore with her.
In the water, Xu Qian's vision gradually cleared. She saw bullets embedding themselves into his back.
Blood trailed in the sea.
Seeing that she had opened her eyes, the man wanted to comfort her but could only exhale a bubble.
Xiao Ping's lips moved, and Xu Qian, though unable to hear, could roughly guess his words.
*Don't be afraid.*
Tears welled up in the young girl's eyes, and finally, they reddened.
With a thought, she brought him directly into her space.
Both of them were covered in blood. Xu Qian's eyes were red, and she asked with a trembling voice, "Xiao Ping, how are you?"
"I'm fine, I'm a zombie, I don't feel pain…"
His lips moved, and Xu Qian couldn't hear him, but she could roughly guess what he meant.
"Lie down."
Xiao Ping had never seen her like this before and obediently lay down.
He raised his head and looked around, observing the grass and villa.
Where was this?
With a thought, Xu Qian conjured gauze, scissors, and some medicine.
The boy's back was in tatters. She carefully cut away his torn clothes.
The sight before her made her pupils contract. His back was riddled with bullets, all of them, densely packed and bleeding.
With trembling hands, Xu Qian used tweezers to extract the bullets from his flesh, one by one.
After they were removed, the wounds began to heal slowly.
Xu Qian breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Ping was already special, and thankfully, he was special.
She redeemed a bottle of beginner's potion and drank it. Her hearing and vision quickly returned to normal.
The boy lay on the grass, looking at her with expectant eyes. He had never seen Xu Qian care about him so much…
Did she perhaps like him a little?
[Ding, Xiao Ping's affection increased by 2, total affection 42.]
Xu Qian smiled faintly at the prompt. The two personalities were indeed very similar, afraid of water and yet so persistent…
However, why didn't he faint when he entered the space?
The system hadn't intervened because they were in the middle of a budding romance, and it didn't want to disturb them.
[Ding, Xiao Ping is a zombie and requires forced unconsciousness by the system. He will faint immediately.]
Before the words had even finished, the boy collapsed to the ground.
A heavy stone lifted from Xu Qian's heart, and her complexion improved considerably.
If she didn't get revenge, her name would be written backward.
[System, can I teleport to the warship?]
[Ding, yes, the system will grant you special privileges.]
With a thought, Xu Qian emerged on the aft deck. A cold wind blew, raising goosebumps all over her.
She used an invisibility item and headed towards the cockpit.
The cockpit was filled with people, all staring intently at the large display screen, which was repeatedly playing a video of her swimming.
It turned out their warship had a scanner that could detect people swimming, even in the sea.
No wonder.
They were murmuring amongst themselves, wondering why she had suddenly disappeared.
Xu Qian let out a cold smile. With a thought, a machine gun appeared in her hand.
"Goodbye."