The sunlight slanted west, and in the blink of an eye the sky grew dim.

Big Camphor Tree Base.

Inside the Inner City.

Li Yu walked straight toward the medical room, with Yutong following beside him.

At the door of the medical room, a little girl was squatting.

It was He Chao’s daughter, He Xiaoya.

She kept her head down, her face buried in her knees, listening to the sounds coming from outside.

She lifted her head, her small face full of tears, which were almost glaringly bright in the corridor’s light.

Her eyes were filled with worry and fear.

When she saw Li Yu, she immediately stood up. Faced with the man her father admired most, she was at a loss for a moment, only able to clutch the hem of her clothes, timidly looking at Li Yu.

Her father He Chao had told her more than once: if it weren’t for Director Li, the two of us would’ve died a long time ago. So staying in the Inner City, you must study hard, strive to become stronger, protect this Big Camphor Tree Base! To repay Director Li for saving our lives.

"Uncle Li." Xiao Ya didn’t know what she should say, but she understood a bit of courtesy, so she called out to Li Yu.

Seeing Xiao Ya, an image surfaced in Li Yu’s mind of the first time he saw her.

Back then, her hair was dry and yellow, her body thin and shriveled, wearing a pair of shoes caked in mud, and only her eyes were full of stubbornness.

Li Yu felt a pang of sorrow, slowly stepped forward, and rubbed her head.

He gathered up all the violence in him, and, rare for him, spoke gently:

"Don’t worry, your dad’s going to be fine."

Xiao Ya wiped her tears, and at his words forced a smile. "Really?"

Li Yu fell silent; he didn’t know either.

So he said, "Come with me, let’s go in and take a look."

"But Doctor Liu Pengfei and Doctor Meng Yu told me to wait outside. They’re still treating him, I can’t go in...." Xiao Ya said, a little dejected.

"It’s fine. If you’re with me, you can."

After speaking, Li Yu pushed the door of the medical room open.

Once inside, the first thing he saw was Gongsun Jing and another team member resting in one of the rooms.

The two of them had already passed the danger; beside them were Second Aunt and another nurse. They had been nurses before the Doomsday, and after the Big Camphor Tree Base was set up, they’d been helping in the medical room.

Li Yu nodded toward Second Aunt, and saw that Gongsun Jing, who had already woken, was about to get up, so he quickly said:

"Stay lying down, don’t get up."

"Director Li." Gongsun Jing said to Li Yu, half lying.

Her face was pale; it looked like she’d lost a lot of blood.

At the moment her shoulder was wrapped in bandage, and there was gratitude in her eyes. She hadn’t expected someone like Li Yu to actually come personally to visit people like them.

Li Yu glanced at the team member who was still asleep. He knew this man.

His name was Niu Shoufu, a very bold guy, the kind of person who speaks his mind. He wasn’t very old, just a bit over twenty.

Once, when they were carrying solar panels together, he’d found a chance to talk with Li Yu.

Li Yu still remembered the question he asked.

"How do you become strong?"

Back then Li Yu had only smiled and hadn’t answered.

Now he was badly wounded too, still unconscious from the anesthetic used during surgery.

"Focus on healing. I’ll avenge you. Eat well, sleep well." Li Yu said warmly, a gentle smile on his face.

It was the first time Gongsun Jing had seen Li Yu so gentle.

In her impression, Li Yu’s expression was either murderous or completely blank—yet that blankness was even more terrifying.

The contrast was so great it almost made the usually tough Gongsun Jing burst into tears.

Who doesn’t want someone to stand up for them?

Who doesn’t wish their boss would help them take revenge?

A man as cold and ruthless as Li Yu was being this gentle right now.

He’s really... I could cry myself to death.

Gongsun Jing choked up, her eyes instantly turning red.

For a moment, a feeling rose in her heart—that a soldier dies for the one who truly understands them—and her reverence for Li Yu surpassed that for Guo Peng, whom she’d been following all this time.

"I, I,...." Gongsun Jing suddenly couldn’t get any words out.

Li Yu picked up an apple from the table beside him and handed it to her.

Smiling, he said, "Don’t talk. Focus on healing."

For the Big Camphor Tree Base, with the greenhouses and the Underground Plantation, there was no need to worry about grain, fruits, or vegetables.

Moreover, in the base, injured people from both the Inner City and Outer City were given the highest level of treatment.

Because they were the ones who fought for the Big Camphor Tree Base, who shed blood for the Big Camphor Tree Base.

This was completely different from most teams in the Doomsday.

In the Doomsday, when someone was injured, medicine was scarce, and for most teams that meant they lost combat effectiveness—they became a burden.

The better ones wouldn’t drive you away; the worse ones might take all the injured person’s belongings.

Because in the Doomsday, suffering serious injuries with scarce medicine and infected wounds meant almost a hundred percent chance of death.

Cruel as it was, for them it was the optimal solution.

But the Big Camphor Tree Base was the complete opposite. With solid medical conditions, barring terminal illness, most injuries could be treated.

Gongsun Jing took the apple and watched Li Yu’s back as he left.

She gently bit into the apple; it was full of juice and very crisp.

"So sweet," Gongsun Jing said to herself.

Leaving the recovery room, Li Yu saw the operating room ahead.

The door to the operating room was closed, with a sign hanging on it: Surgery in Progress, Do Not Enter Without Permission.

Li Yu walked over and knocked on the door.

A few seconds later.

Creaaak—

The door opened. It was Lai Xiyue’s younger sister, Lai Jiaqi. She was wearing a nurse’s uniform, displeasure on her face, and was just about to say that they were in the middle of surgery and no one was allowed in.

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