After Zhang Chen left, Bai Hanlin and Great Bai Hanlin looked at each other awkwardly. Instead of feeling the warmth of meeting an old friend, they both felt very uncomfortable.
"Well... Xu Lu, are Mom and Dad okay?"
Bai Hanlin broke the silence first, asking directly.
"You're asking me about these things? We have our own parents, and you have Xu Lu. Just take care of yourself!"
Great Bai Hanlin said vigilantly.
Family was the most important thing to him, and he didn't want anyone to replace his past.
Parallel world?
He couldn't accept this idea for a while, it felt too unbelievable.
"Um... I'm sorry, I just haven't seen them for a long time, and I miss them a little..."
Bai Hanlin lowered his head, wiped his nose, then looked up, forcing a smile.
"We won't go with you to any walled city!"
"Things are good here. The monsters have retreated. Once the scattered personnel gather here again, we can start a new life!"
"You go back alone. Besides, I think we are completely different people and don't belong to the same world. It's better if we don't appear together!"
Great Bai Hanlin said coldly.
"Scattered personnel? This... I didn't see any monsters on the way here, but I saw many human body parts at the crossroads."
"Looking at the number, it seems like five or six people, and I didn't hear any fighting, nor did I see any other survivors!"
Hu Zhicheng said nervously.
"Crossroads? That's where we separated when we retreated... Did the other team have an accident?"
Hearing Hu Zhicheng's words, Great Bai Hanlin instantly became tense and asked quickly.
Hu Zhicheng hurriedly explained his route in detail to Great Bai Hanlin, and then said:
"I paid close attention to the situation on the road, and there were no signs of fighting, no living people, and no signals..."
Hearing this, Great Bai Hanlin's face turned pale, and he murmured:
"That means... the monsters were lured away by the other team, which is why we were able to retreat safely to the second camp?"
"Most of the second team were logistics personnel... If they lured the monsters away... then it's over!" Hu Zhicheng exclaimed in shock.
"Xu Lu, it must be Xu Lu. She wanted to preserve the camp's combat power, so she deliberately lured the monsters away... She was too impulsive. I have to go find them!"
As Great Bai Hanlin was about to leave, people from the camp heard the voices at the entrance and all came out of the gate, trying to persuade him:
"Dr. Bai, please don't be impulsive. Since they could lure the monsters away, they must have the ability to escape back. We should just wait patiently!"
"Yeah, you are the strongest combat force in the camp. What if the monsters attack again when you leave? We people can't hold them off..."
"Exactly. Those were logistics personnel. They know the principle of cutting off the tail to survive. If we go there now, wouldn't all their efforts be in vain?!"
"Dr. Bai, please stay. We should wait and see!"
"The monsters might not have gone far, they are probably waiting around to ambush us!"
Everyone said in a chorus, and their meaning was clear: Great Bai Hanlin could not leave.
"Xu Lu and the others took a different path to protect us. Now they might be in danger. Can you bear to just watch?"
"I will definitely go save them. Anyone among you willing to follow me, take a step forward!"
Great Bai Hanlin said righteously.
With a swish...
As soon as he said this, everyone instinctively took a step back, and some even hid behind the iron gate.
Great Bai Hanlin felt a chill in his heart.
This camp was founded by him and Xu Lu, where they took in survivors, treated patients, and slowly grew stronger.
It could be said that everyone here had received favors from Great Bai Hanlin and Xu Lu, and some had even received life-saving grace.
But when Great Bai Hanlin and Xu Lu were in trouble, they chose to watch from the sidelines.
"Um... Dr. Bai, this gate is always open for you. Don't be foolish!"
Hu Zhicheng also ran to the entrance and said with a flattering smile.
"Xu Lu? Something happened to Xu Lu? I'll go with you!"
Bai Hanlin said nervously.
"You? The green ring?"
Great Bai Hanlin looked at Bai Hanlin's ring and said with disdain.
"I can help... Believe me!"
"Mom and Dad, and Xu Lu, died protecting me... I absolutely won't let your Xu Lu get hurt too."
Bai Hanlin said with determination.
"Yes, make sure it's *my* Xu Lu, that's important!"
Great Bai Hanlin nodded, then rushed towards the crossroads Hu Zhicheng mentioned.
Bai Hanlin followed closely behind.
Upon arriving at the intersection, Great Bai Hanlin carefully observed the scattered limbs and the traces of blood drops on the ground, and said:
"The people who died here are all from your generation of轮回者 (reincarnators), all with green rings. Xu Lu should still be alive!"
"Judging by the direction of the blood drops, they should have gone east. Let's hurry!"
Great Bai Hanlin continued running east for about two to three kilometers, but he didn't hear any sounds of fighting.
"Strange, why are there still bloodstains on the ground?"
Great Bai Hanlin said curiously.
"This might be a trap! Haven't you noticed that the frequency and distance of each blood drop are basically the same?"
"If it were just bloodstains on a monster, the frequency of drops should decrease, and the distance should increase!"
"In this situation, it can only mean that the monsters deliberately dropped the blood to lure us in this direction!"
Bai Hanlin said with a frown.
He had been so focused on seeing his deceased wife that he was blinded by impulse, but now he had gradually calmed down.
His long-held character of developing discreetly in the apocalypse finally came into play.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, a strange roar echoed from the surrounding buildings.
Then, hundreds of humanoid creatures rushed out from the surrounding buildings.
They were about two meters tall, completely black, walked on two legs, but had four arms with long claws, and a lizard's tail.
"It's the Lizardmen, it was these guys who attacked our camp!"
Great Bai Hanlin took out his energy scalpel and prepared for battle.
"This looks very dangerous, I have to give it my all!"
Bai Hanlin shouted and quickly pressed pressure points on his body.
Strength, speed, reaction, and resistance to damage increased sharply.
"I will absolutely not die here!"
Bai Hanlin suddenly charged forward, his hands wrapped in energy, and he struck fiercely at the enemies!
Baihui, Shenting, Yamen, Tanzhong, Qihai, Mingmen...
He struck heavily on almost all the vital points of the monsters!
However, before Bai Hanlin could finish his sequence, the monsters turned into a white mist and disappeared...
In fact, the monsters had already begun to vaporize when he attacked the Baihui point, but Bai Hanlin was so fast that he struck seven or eight more points before the monsters disappeared.