The girl was very close to Lu Xin, leaning in to examine him.
It gave Lu Xin the feeling of watching an old movie from before the Cataclysm and leaning close to the screen to look at a close-up of one of the characters.
The jeep was right behind him, leaving him nowhere to hide. He could only look at her from such a close distance. He could even clearly see that her skin seemed to have no pores, and smell the cool, sweet fragrance coming from her.
The pretty little nose of the girl before him twitched. It seemed she was smelling Lu Xin as well.
However, she showed no reaction to the hand he extended toward her.
She merely lowered her head and looked at it, seeming somewhat at a loss.
So Lu Xin smiled, took her hand, and shook it.
Looking down at their joined hands, the girl's large, lifeless eyes gradually gained a little focus.
The expression on her face also became somewhat more vivid.
"Soldier, what are you doing?"
"Why did you take Kid's hand?"
Chen Jing's tense questioning came through the broadcast.
The words made Lu Xin blush slightly. He turned around and tried to explain, "I didn't. I was just shaking her hand..."
Before Lu Xin could finish answering, Chen Jing said, "Put on your headset."
Only then did Lu Xin react. He pulled open his bag, took out the headset, and put it on. At the same time, the voice from the broadcast disappeared, as if the microphone had been switched off. After a faint burst of electrical static, however, Chen Jing's voice came through the headset: "The emergency response team's channel is established... Beginning test... Soldier, can you hear me?"
"Yes..."
Chen Jing immediately asked through the channel, "What