With a clang, Su Ling's Tang knife fell, striking something.
But the thing her Tang knife hit seemed incredibly hard, emitting a loud noise.
As Su Ling's Tang knife descended, she couldn't bear to watch Gu Shangse's head being severed, so she turned her head slightly away.
When she heard the sound, she abruptly turned her head back and saw Gu Shangse looking up at her.
It turned out that as Su Ling's Tang knife descended, Gu Shangse had blocked it with his personal defensive weapon.
The defensive weapon was directly cut in half by the Tang knife, which stopped about one to two centimeters from Gu Shangse's neck.
In Su Ling's eyes, Gu Shangse's eyes were still blood-red, but the intense, suffocating redness was gradually fading, slowly returning to their original appearance.
And his pale face, crisscrossed with veins, was also slowly returning to normal.
Seeing this, Su Ling knew that Gu Shangse had made it through.
This surprised her, and she found it unbelievable.
In her past life, she had never heard of a survivor recovering and healing after being infected by zombies.
Gu Shangse was the first.
Gu Shangse had also believed he would inevitably turn into a zombie. He could hear her calling him, but he couldn't respond in any way.
Especially when he heard her say goodbye, that terror instantly seized his consciousness and overwhelmed his rational mind.
He didn't want to say goodbye to her.
He had promised to collect crystal cores for her, to walk with her through the apocalypse, and to be a partner she could rely on…
At that precise moment, he mustered all his strength and broke through all his defenses and assaults. He saw a sliver of light shining through the cracks, grasped that light, and then fought back with all his might.
As soon as his self-awareness regained control of his mind, he felt danger approaching. He instinctively grabbed his defensive weapon to block.
After the sound that made his eardrums ring subsided, he finally saw what the source of danger was.
Seeing Su Ling seemingly stunned, Gu Shangse cupped his fist to his lips and chuckled, "I think I can still be saved."
Hearing that familiar voice, Su Ling put down her Tang knife and reinserted it into the umbrella handle. She strode towards Gu Shangse, knelt before him, and looked at him from up close, observing his now normal appearance. Her voice was soft, "Welcome back."
Gu Shangse lowered the hand from his lips. This was the closest he had been to Su Ling in a while. He said, "May I have a hug?"
Having just narrowly escaped death, he had almost believed he would never see her again. He truly wanted to hug her.
Su Ling paused, her eyes narrowing slightly.
Seeing her reaction, Gu Shangse began to speak, "Don't force yourself if you don't want to—"
Before he could finish, Su Ling had already reached out and embraced him.
He sat on the steps of the outdoor elevator, while Su Ling knelt on the polished floor.
The difference in their stature created a scene of strangely harmonious beauty.
After holding Gu Shangse for three seconds, Su Ling released him. She looked at his healed and scabbed arm, wondering if it was a blessing in disguise, a self-healing ability.
As Su Ling's attention shifted, Gu Shangse also noticed the healed scars on both his arms. He gently pulled, and they peeled off.
Standing up, Gu Shangse stretched his limbs. He looked at Su Ling, a mix of surprise and joy on his face, "My ability has leveled up."
At this moment, Su Ling also discovered a problem. She met Gu Shangse's gaze, "You have night vision?"
She could see everything clearly in the dark because the fire of her space had purified her body.
But Gu Shangse, he hadn't.
Su Ling's question made Gu Shangse realize it too. He lowered his head slightly to look at Su Ling, "Perhaps, being scratched this time was a bonus."
Su Ling: "..." That bonus, however, was far too generous.
Self-healing, night vision, upgraded abilities, a darling of heaven?