Apocalypse Invasion: Survival on the Infinite Train
In all fairness, Shen Chuan was actually very good-looking.
Awuh was very beautiful as a younger sister, and Shen Chuan, as the older brother, wouldn't be any less so.
Even though he had thinned down to this state, when those eyes opened, a gentle temperament washed over him, making it impossible not to feel a sense of affinity for him.
"Brother, brother, are you awake?"
Awuh wept with joy.
Shen Chuan tilted his head to listen, his mind still in a state of chaotic confusion, "...Awuh? Little sister?"
"Brother, it's me, I've come to save you." Awuh grabbed Shen Chuan's ice-cold hand, as if trying to transfer her own body heat to him, "I'll take you away, I'll take you away from the base, and I can protect you from now on."
"...Okay." Shen Chuan smiled gently and said, "Then take me away now."
Shen Chuan was clearly being cooperative, but apart from Awuh, who was too surprised to think about anything else, even Tali, who wasn't particularly knowledgeable about these matters, hesitated.
It felt like something was wrong.
Chu Xin looked at Shen Chuan's vacant eyes, and her heart sank, "Shen Chuan."
Shen Chuan paused for a while longer before struggling to dredge up some memories from the depths of his mind, "Sister Chu Xin."
"It's me." Chu Xin wiped her face and quickly said to Ming Chu, "I'm sorry to trouble you to accompany us to the Divine Tree side again. As for the reward, whatever we have, we can give to you."
"No need." The first to refuse was actually Shen Chuan. He gathered a little bit of strength, using it all to grip Awuh's hand back, and said softly, "We should leave first, get far away from the base, so they can't find us."
"And then they'll think you're dead, so they won't come after us? Or do you want me to take Awuh and run far away?" Chu Xin's chest heaved as she interrupted him.
The overjoyed Awuh felt as if she had been doused with a bucket of cold water. She slowly lowered her head, looking at her brother, then looked up at Chu Xin, the eyes exposed by her mask gradually filling with shattered despair.
"Sister Chu Xin, brother, what are you talking about? What... do you mean..."
What did it mean to be dead?