When Liu Tianming brought the core members of the team back to the temporary station, Xie Kun had already arranged everything.

The new residence has been found, and all rooms have been cleaned up. On the open space outside the station, there are more than a dozen killed corpses. Although these mutant creatures have an evolutionary level higher than zombies, their weaknesses are obvious. As long as ordinary team members cooperate with each other and separate the groups of corpses, they can easily deal with them.

People collected some food and kitchen utensils from nearby residential areas, set up earth stoves as usual, and lit a high fire.

The attacks of Yin Jie and Yin Ping caused the team to lose a large amount of supplies, and the remaining food must be carefully calculated, otherwise it will not last long.

Liu Tianming called Xie Kun into a separate room.

Xie Kun seemed a little restrained. His legs and feet were a little stiff and his expression seemed nervous. To a certain extent, this was caused by fear. Although he was already very familiar with Liu Tianming, Xie Kun was still afraid of this man who was younger than him.

"Sit down! Don't be so restrained."

Liu Tianming pointed to a chair in the room and said casually, sitting down on another chair first.

"Something I want to talk to you."

Liu Tianming said straight to the point: "You are the best among all the followers and are the one who satisfies me the most so far. I know that there must be some problems in your heart and there are many answers you want to know. Don't be nervous, I just said that today is just a very ordinary conversation. I will not use this as a basis for judgment, nor will I make a decision that is bad for you. I want to hear what you said and what you think."

Xie Kun still felt nervous. He sat down as he said, his movements seemed clumsy because of his stiff muscles. His brain was running rapidly, but his facial nerves were confined by his restrained thinking and his speech became stuttering and not smooth at all.

"…Captain…Mr. Liu…Chief…Chief…”

Xie Kun chose one that he thought was more suitable among the many titles: "I...no matter what you ask me to do, I will implement your will without reservation."

A very ordinary opening remark, especially from Xie Kun, who was extremely nervous and flushed, his face was undoubtedly more credible than others.

Liu Tianming smiled.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed it over, and asked with a smile: "Come one?"

He knew Xie Kun would not smoke.

However, at this time, such actions can greatly reduce the other party's vigilance and help alleviate the tension between each other.

"Thank you, I won't smoke."

Xie Kun waved his hand quickly, and his heart that was raised high finally slowly fell. Looking at Liu Tianming, who was smiling at him, Xie Kun took off his glasses with a little embarrassed and wiped his face hard.

"To be honest, we're afraid of you."

Thinking quickly became normal, and emotions were no longer as fearful as before. Xie Kun felt that his stiff brain was thawing and becoming soft, and his speech speed was much faster than before, and gradually became normal.

He added: "To be precise, I'm afraid of you, everyone."

Liu Tianming lit the cigarette with a lighter, took a hard breath, and nodded: "Speak on, I'll listen."

"You are different from us. I felt this way when I first saw you in the Champs Elysees. You are very strong, you have all kinds of special abilities. I don't know what you have ever encountered? What happened to you? But you must have some kind of secret. Maybe this power can change the world and everything."

“Change the world?”

Hearing this, Liu Tianming couldn't help but shake his head and said self-deprecatingly: "Thank you for the praise, you may have regarded us as too strong."

"No, this is definitely not deliberate flattery. I do have reason to say that."

Xie Kun's voice was a little low. Only when he was focusing on something would he speak in this tone: "The disaster suddenly happened without warning. No one knew why. The TV was full of snowflakes, and the radio could not be heard, and even the power supply was completely interrupted... To be honest, I never believed in nonsense like "apocalypse". I think this was impossible. The government has a strong control over society, and almost all countries are like this. Even if a nuclear war breaks out, there will be at least a short time to release the news to let the public know what happened."

"Those monsters suddenly emerged, as if they were the real masters of this world. We can do nothing except escape and avoid."

"Before you appeared, my wife and I had been hiding in the Champs Elysees. To be honest, I was very scared at that time. I usually had a kitchen knife hidden under my pillow when I was sleeping. It was not normal for those who stayed there. Everyone, including me, was crazy. When they saw a slightly more beautiful woman, they would rape her, regardless of whether she knew her or not. When they saw someone with good things, they would snatch them up, and they would not speak when they met. They would not even say hello. We were all very alert, for fear that the other party would suddenly turn into a monster for no reason, or cause conflicts due to a small missed tongue. Ask him casually, "Hello" and maybe he would mistakenly think that he was provoking. He would not smile at you like before, but would pull out the knife from his belt and chop it down at your head."

"At that time, we were all crazy people. So did I."

"You are very powerful. This ability is enviable. So when you left the Champs Elysees, I chose to follow you all the time."

Liu Tianming stared at the cigarette butt pinched on his fingertips, slowly turning it, under his long black eyelashes, and his eyes released a thoughtful look: "Do you want to be safe?"

"I want a child."

Xie Kun took off his glasses, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped it carefully, and replied seriously: "I don't want my child to be someone else's food when he is born. This kind of thing was unimaginable in the past. But now, even adults don't eat anything, what can children be considered? If you continue to stay in the Champs Elysees, you may even be eaten by them."

Liu Tianming leaned back, and there was no joy, anger, sorrow and happiness in his deep eyes: "So, have you got what you want?"

Xie Kun put on his clean glasses and nodded: "Yes at the moment."

Liu Tianming raised his eyelids, stared at him, waiting for the unfinished text.

After a few seconds of silence, Xie Kun asked: "When will we go?"

He is not talking about "you", but "we".

"I have no idea."

Liu Tianming smiled calmly.

But the smile was full of bitterness and a little helpless.

After pausing for a moment, Liu Tianming took a sip of cigarettes and said lightly: "I guess you have noticed some changes in the team?"

Xie Kun hesitated a little.

He really didn't expect Liu Tianming to take the initiative to mention this matter. After hesitating for a few seconds, he nodded: "Yes... many people are changing. Cao Xinneng, Gu Kegang, Liu Fengping, Yang Qingguo... They are much more powerful than before, and it is easy to deal with mutant monsters. These are all things that happened after leaving the Champs Elysees. They are very strong, especially Cao Xinneng. When he first came out of the Champs Elysees, I had a good relationship with him, and he looked no different from us. Later... wait... I... I seemed to understand!"

Xie Kun suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his excited power prompted him to stand up from the chair, and suddenly realized: "No wonder you have to keep walking. No wonder you won't stop at any place. Is it because of this? Among you, there will be more and more powerful people, so you have to keep walking?"

Liu Tianming stared at Xie Kun's face full of surprise and enlightenment, and finally took a puff of cigarette, let go of his finger, and the cigarette butt fell to the ground. He raised his feet and crushed the hot spots of light hard.

"I can't tell you the specific reason yet. But you guessed the answer. That's right, that's it."

Liu Tianming was still smiling. This expression could help people eliminate hostility and alertness, and had the same effect on Xie Kun who was excited: "Don't be so excited, sit down first."

Xie Kun took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. When he sat on the chair again, he suddenly found that the skin on Liu Tianming's face and hands was crystal clear and tight, with an indescribable beauty, just like porcelain made by a master of superb skills.

"Now, you have a chance. You can really become our people."

Liu Tianming paid attention to Xie Kun's emotional changes and strengthened his tone: "Become the same as us."

Xie Kun felt a voice shouting in his mind. This was almost an invisible robber who replaced the will of the brain. Xie Kun was almost about to agree, but under the control of the remaining subconscious, he said another sentence calmly.

"Why me?"

He immediately reacted and quickly corrected the mistake in his words: "Sorry, I didn't disobey or question your intentions. I just don't understand, what is the basis for you to make this decision? Some people in the team came earlier than me, such as Lei Ping and Yan Haobo. They have older qualifications than me and have known you longer."

"They don't have a clear understanding of what's going on, nor do they have as deep knowledge as you do."

Liu Tianming said solemnly: "Not everyone can get the opportunity to change. Qualifications do not mean everything, and the present is not the past. Of course, you can reject this opportunity. You have to understand: while getting something, you must lose something else."

The muscles at the corners of Xie Kun's eyes twitched slightly.

He thought of his wife Yang Guihua.

Controlling the fierce conflicting thoughts, Xie Kun asked in a trembling voice: "Please forgive me for being unreasonable. Do you just said "lost something else", including your own relatives?"
Chapter completed!