"Let's go."
Han Xiao glanced at the wreckage of Germination headquarters and spoke to Hila and Aurora.
The two girls nodded. They took one last look at the place where their nightmare had begun. Now, it was over.
The three turned away. Han Xiao walked on the left, Hila on the right, with Aurora on her back. Together, they headed into the distance.
Han Xiao had wrecked his own ride. He had smashed its roof to pieces, so it could not be driven anymore.
Boom!
A massive explosion rang out. Scattered patches of flame across the Germination base joined into a sea of fire in an instant. Buildings, lives, sins—all were swallowed whole.
None of the three looked back. They were cool as could be. Hila remembered Han Xiao's words: real men never looked back at explosions.
She figured she was a real woman, too.
After they had walked a while, though, Hila suddenly spoke without breaking stride.
“Why didn't we find a car before blowing up the whole base, Ni?”
Han Xiao kept striding forward. He did not turn around, but his voice drifted back on the wind.
"Because I forgot."
Hila said nothing more and silently followed him. The three walked farther and farther away, their shadows stretching endlessly behind them.
At last, they became three tiny black dots on the horizon.
"Should we find a car after all?"
"Yeah."
Watching one man and two women recede into the sunset, the Group Members watching the livestream felt a pang for their lost youth.
``` [Administrator] Meng Chuan lv199: I'm in tears.
[Administrator] Meng Qi lv73: Sob, sob. And so Han Xiao's story ended. He, Hila, and Aurora lived happily ever after. Let's wish them well!
[Group Member] Klein Moretti lv15: Sob, sob. Farewell, Han Xiao!
[Group Member] Yao