Mobile Game Wife Comes Knocking

Ye Ming was a bit reserved during their first meeting, but this time, he made rapid progress and nodded in agreement without hesitation.

After all, they were Commander and ship girl, Laffey was just a little girl, and Ye Ming had no strange thoughts, so there was nothing to avoid.

Ye Ming watched Laffey climb into bed, but he pulled out a chair, sat at the desk, and turned on the computer.

"Umm~ Commander, aren't you sleepy?"

Laffey rubbed her eyes, looking at Ye Ming's back.

"I've been busy all day, of course I'm sleepy." Ye Ming replied while dragging the mouse.

"Then, why aren't you sleeping yet?" Laffey asked, puzzled.

"Because the Commander hasn't updated today."

Ye Ming said in a serious tone, "Yesterday, the novel the Commander wrote was favorited by many people, and many people voted for the novel. The Commander doesn't want to let down everyone's trust and expectations, so even if I'm tired and sleepy, I have to insist on updating!"

"I believe everyone will be able to feel this enthusiasm and respond to my enthusiasm with more votes, encouraging me to update!"

As he said this, Ye Ming turned off the light and began to bury himself in writing.

Time passed little by little, and in the dark room late at night, in front of the screen flickering with fluorescent light, Ye Ming buried himself in writing, writing until one o'clock in the morning before finishing the day's update.

After uploading the written chapter to the website and clicking publish, Ye Ming was so sleepy that he didn't even have the strength to go to bed. He simply collapsed onto the keyboard and fell into a deep sleep.

Half an hour later, a slight sound of a door opening rang out, and then, a crack appeared in the bedroom door, and a dark figure sneaked in silently.

Chapter 32: Dream of Canghai

Almost the moment the bedroom door opened, in the dark room, Laffey, who was sleeping soundly in bed, silently opened her eyes. After a moment, she seemed to recognize the identity of the person who came, and then closed her eyes and fell back into a deep sleep.

The dark figure that sneaked into the bedroom walked to the bedside and waved his hand in front of the sleeping Laffey's eyes. After seeing that Laffey did not respond, he breathed a slight sigh of relief, and then with a wave of his hand, two more figures sneaked in.

The three stood together behind Ye Ming. The dark figure that came in first reached out and gently touched the top of Ye Ming's head. In the invisible fluctuations, some wonderful things appeared.

It felt like the blink of an eye, but that quiet, peaceful daily life was completely upended.

Vehicles driving on the road lost control, crashing into each other one after another. The roar of explosions resounded throughout the city, and planes in the sky above the airport swayed and crashed to the ground. Fire and thick smoke filled the entire airport.

In the waiting hall, a girl named Hua stared blankly at everything outside, her whole person plunged into extreme shock, until she heard the intermittent hoarse roars and the pungent fishy smell coming from behind her, the girl came back to her senses from the shock and looked back behind her.

In the waiting hall, the many passengers waiting to board the plane had turned into hideous-looking, rotting zombies at some point. At this moment, countless pairs of hollow, rotten eyes were staring straight at her.

The girl's pupils suddenly widened.

The next second, she turned around and ran, desperately sprinting towards the exit of the waiting hall.

Countless zombies swarmed towards the girl like sharks that had smelled blood.

The girl ran for her life.

The dry and scorching air poured into her chest through her mouth and nose, causing a burning pain. Every breath felt like it was consuming her life. Her legs were aching, her back was almost unable to straighten, and her heartbeat was as violent as a drum. Her stamina was gradually exhausted during the run, and the girl's running speed inevitably began to slow down.

But the monsters seemed to have no stamina limit and chased after her tirelessly, their hollow, rotten eye sockets staring straight at her.

The distance between the two began to close uncontrollably. The girl even felt the monster's fishy breath behind her. The fear of being swallowed by the monster stimulated the girl, and she tried her best to speed up her pace, but a sharp pain suddenly shot through her ankle, and the girl rolled and fell to the ground.

The dark mass of zombies swarmed up.

The girl closed her eyes in despair.

A terrifying beam of light, entwined with blood-colored lightning, rose from the end of the road and slashed down towards the girl. Wherever the beam of light passed, the massive number of zombies instantly dissolved and disappeared.

"I have come in response to the summons. May I ask, are you my master?"

A clear male voice rang out from above her head. The girl looked up blankly. In the distance were plumes of smoke and fire soaring into the sky, and nearby, a young swordsman stood in the sunlight, smiling at her.

The girl's heartbeat seemed to stop for a moment.

"That was a joke just now, you don't have to take it seriously." The swordsman smiled brightly and asked gently, "If it's convenient, can you tell me where this is?"

"What's the name of that sword just now?" For some reason, the first thing the girl asked when she came back to her senses was such an inappropriate question.

"Hmm? You mean the light cannon just now? That, its original name is Against My Magnificent Father's Rebellion, I learned it from my Little Mo."

The swordsman's smile remained: "So, girl, can you tell me where this is?"

"This, this is Canghai City. I, my name is Hua."

"Hua? Canghai City? I've never heard of those names." The swordsman thought for a while, then asked, "What's going on with the monsters in this city?"

"I don't know, it seems like it just turned into this in the blink of an eye."

The girl shook her head, then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she suddenly looked up: "You, can you save my classmates? I, I..."

Halfway through her words, the girl's tone slowly dropped: "I'm sorry, I lost my composure. I'm not qualified to ask you to do anything. Thank you for saving me."

The swordsman sighed when he heard this: "Although it may be a bit cruel, Hua, I came from the other side of the city. Apart from you, I'm afraid there are no more living people in this city."

The girl was stunned.

She looked at her ankle, which was swollen like a bun, and then at the plumes of black smoke soaring into the sky in the distance, feeling a little at a loss.

"I'm new here and know nothing about this city. If you don't mind, would you like to try being my guide? The kind without pay."

The swordsman extended his hand to the girl.

The girl hesitated, looking at the swordsman.

The swordsman's eyes were as clear as a cold spring in the deep mountains, yet they held the maturity and ease of someone who had seen the world's vicissitudes. His gentle smile possessed a unique charm that made people want to get close to him.

The girl tentatively took the swordsman's hand.

"Who are you? What's your name? Where do you come from?"

The girl asked him.

The swordsman pulled the girl up and, hearing her questions, laughed heartily.

"Me? I once fought Okita Souji, the demonic swordsman of the Bakumatsu, at the peak of Kyoto, and I personally set Honnō-ji ablaze. I carried the banner for the Saint of France and orchestrated the British rebellion at Camlann. I have a place I came from, but no destination to return to. I'm just a homeless wanderer."

"As for a name, call me Ye Ming."

Perhaps it was just her imagination, but for a moment, the girl thought she saw a hint of indescribable melancholy in the swordsman's seemingly carefree smile.

"Come on, you can't walk with your foot injured like that. I'll carry you."

And so, the girl followed Ye Ming.

Due to the girl's foot injury, the two of them temporarily remained in this city devoid of living people.

Ye Ming was strong, so strong that he could easily destroy the zombie-like monsters with a flick of his wrist. The girl once thought that as long as she was with Ye Ming, there was nothing to fear, even in a monster-infested city with no other living souls.

But this sense of security didn't last long. After a few days, the girl noticed that Ye Ming had stopped wantonly wielding light cannons to sweep away the monsters. New monsters slowly began to appear among the monotonous zombie monsters – beast-like types, and types that retained the appearance of human girls. The monsters were becoming increasingly powerful, while Ye Ming was becoming more and more cautious, sometimes even actively avoiding monsters that he could have easily defeated with a single strike in the past.

What worried the girl even more was that strange purple纹路 had appeared on Ye Ming's hand at some point, and they were slowly spreading.

The girl began to feel uneasy and fearful. She had grown accustomed to living with Ye Ming, and she was afraid of something happening to him, afraid of him disappearing. Without realizing it, her concern for Ye Ming had surpassed her fear of her own death.

Ye Ming seemed to sense the girl's unease and explained with a smile, "Don't worry, this is just a special phenomenon that occurs from frequent use of power. It's not harmful. I'm just a little tired lately. I'll be fine after a day of rest."

"However, the monsters that have appeared recently are indeed a bit stronger. Hua, I think we need to leave sooner rather than later. Your foot injury..."

"It's already healed. I can leave anytime." The girl said hastily, even standing up and taking a couple of steps to show that she was completely fine.

Ye Ming smiled and nodded, pretending not to notice the girl's tightly furrowed brow from the pain.

Chapter 33: The Direction the Sun Rises

Ye Ming's body did not recover as he had said it would.

Despite Ye Ming's best efforts to hide it, the observant girl still noticed the weakness hidden beneath his calm exterior. She also noticed that the purple纹路, which had originally been on the back of Ye Ming's hand, seemed to have spread to his neck.

The girl was very uneasy, but she could only try her best to suppress her emotions to avoid affecting Ye Ming.

The night before they were to leave, the girl, having finished eating, was busy packing when she suddenly heard Ye Ming, who was sitting next to her, ask, "Hua, after we leave this city, do you have any goals or wishes you want to fulfill?"

"Wishes?"

The girl hesitated and shook her head. Right now, she only wanted Ye Ming to be safe and sound, and to leave this place with him. She hadn't thought about anything else.

Ye Ming smiled. "It's not good to have no goals. To live in this world, everyone should have a goal. Only with a goal can people unleash powerful courage and motivation. Even when faced with a cruel and desperate situation, they can muster the courage to live on tenaciously."

"After all, the song of mankind is a song of courage."

"Hua, set a goal for yourself right now."

I want to keep following you.

That wish almost slipped out, but the simple girl ultimately lacked a bit of courage.

"I... I don't know."

The girl's voice was very low.

"I see."

Ye Ming looked at the girl with her head lowered and was silent for a moment before suddenly saying, "Then, I'll give you a goal."