"So, where are we going now?" Lu Sheng watched as Tang En seemed to have a destination in mind, heading straight toward somewhere.
"I'll take you to a bookstore. If you want to kill time, that's the best place." Tang En managed to force out a strained smile.
"A bookstore?" Lu Sheng shook his head. "You're going there to amuse yourself? To pass the time? Then wait around until one day, you get infected by those things too and become one of them?"
The smile on Tang En's face instantly froze.
Lu Sheng ignored him.
"This situation definitely isn't a coincidence. Since you managed to survive, there must be others who survived as well. I'm planning to look for a Gathering Place."
"A Gathering Place? You really plan to go?"
"Yes. Do you have any good suggestions?" Lu Sheng asked quietly. Although this kid seemed to have lost his resolve and persistence, as long as he had not completely broken down, there was still hope for recovery.
The words "Gathering Place" stirred ripples that spread endlessly through the depths of Tang En's heart.
"Want to come with me?" Lu Sheng asked. From the young man before him, he sensed a peculiar aura unlike that of ordinary people.
Anyone who could live peacefully through six years of such day-and-night terror and danger—even if they had once been normal—would have become abnormal by now.
"Do Gathering Places really exist?" Tang En's expression stiffened, and his footsteps came to a halt.
"Who knew? But I believed humanity wasn't so easily crushed." Lu Sheng spoke calmly.
"I tried contacting the outside world before, by phone, online, or other means, but... the phones wouldn't connect, and the network had been completely cut off. There was still water and electricity, but..." Tang En explained.
"It's fine.