Apocalypse: Launching a Counterattack Against the Villainess

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"Oh, is that so? That's easy then," Cheng Yuqiu said, raising his chin and giving her a "leave it to me" look.

After saying that, he confidently took his senior's hand and walked towards the other side of the football field where the zombies were more concentrated.

Nie Qingyun couldn't help but be curious, so he didn't stop them, chuckled, and followed behind.

Cheng Yuqiu stopped at a relatively edge of the horde of zombies when they were almost inside.

Because they were standing very close to the senior student, the three of them were naturally ignored by the zombies.

Cheng Yuqiu crouched down behind Ling Yuan Ai Li, grabbed her wrist from behind, and then, with her face close to Ling Yuan Ai Li's, pointed to the zombie standing in front of her in a very gentle tone:

"Hey, Ellie, remember to aim before you attack."

"Especially the head area."

As she spoke, Cheng Yuqiu grabbed Ling Yuan Ai Li's wrist and waved it at the zombie's head.

At first, Lingyuan Ellie didn't understand what "aiming" and "attacking" meant at all, and Nie Qingyun didn't have high hopes for it either.

But after several attempts, to his surprise, the young lady actually taught the senior how to do it.

"It's up to you!"

As Cheng Yuqiu pointed to a zombie not far away again, Lingyuan Ellie immediately responded and then raised her hand to wave at the upper body of the zombie.

Judging from her appearance alone, it's hard to imagine that the senior's fair and delicate hands could unleash such powerful wind blades with every move, slicing the zombie's entire upper body into several pieces with just one strike.

The scene was still very bloody, but it looked much more civilized than before. At least Lingyuan Ellie's little hands wouldn't get dirty anymore, and her gothic children's dress wouldn't be stained with blood.

The two worked together more and more seamlessly, to the point that they no longer needed Cheng Yuqiu's help in aiming or her to give orders. Ling Yuan Ai Li would tirelessly search for nearby zombies and launch attacks on her own.

Occasionally, he would look back over his shoulder during the process.

[Resonance] No particular emotion was conveyed, but Nie Qingyun always felt that the gaze seemed to be seeking praise.

Or perhaps they're waiting for a response from their side...

"How about that? Am I amazing?" Cheng Yuqiu waved her hand in front of Nie Qingyun's eyes. After the other party looked away, she put her hands behind her back, bent over, and looked up.

She deliberately maintained a distance where Nie Qingyun could kiss her with just a slight bend of his head, and said smugly:

"Don't let her appearance fool you, she's incredibly capable when she gets serious!"

"The senior student won't be attacked by zombies first, and even if she attacks a zombie first, it won't fight back."

"Now that my senior has learned how to fight, all we need to do next is teach her how to find her way home."

"The way home?" Nie Qingyun was slightly taken aback.

"Yes," Cheng Yuqiu replied with a smile, having anticipated the question.

"As long as we teach our senior to remember the way back to the infirmary in the main building, we can let her act on her own most of the time."

"Anyway, the zombies won't fight back when they see her, so she can keep killing a lot of zombies."

"I've collected so many [Primal Crystals]!"

Cheng Yuqiu continued talking to herself, seemingly still pleased with herself for having come up with a "useful idea".

However, at that moment, Nie Qingyun interrupted her.

"My senior is not a tool."

"It should not be used in this way either."

The atmosphere seemed to have suddenly shifted subtly, becoming somewhat somber.

Nie Qingyun also looked away, focusing on Ling Yuan and Ellie's figure, and said firmly:

"She wasn't some little animal that we picked up and tamed at will..."

"She is a 'human being' with feelings, just like us..."

"Yes, I'm sorry! I, I didn't mean that..." Cheng Yuqiu's expression changed, and she immediately began to apologize.

In the past, Nie Qingyun had always been very gentle and considerate in front of her, and this was the first time Cheng Yuqiu had ever seen him speak to her so seriously and earnestly.

So she panicked immediately and realized she had said the wrong thing...

In an instant, his slightly arrogant demeanor completely crumbled.

She looked anxious and at a loss for words, but she was too nervous to form a complete sentence.

Just then, Nie Qingyun suddenly reached out and ruffled her hair, his voice returning to its usual tone.

“I know Your Highness didn’t mean that… I didn’t express myself clearly enough.”

"Our goal is not to teach our senior how to fight, but to help her learn how to use her power."

Nie Qingyun also realized that his tone had been a bit too harsh just now.

The young lady is someone who feels guilty even when she lies, so how could she have such thoughts about her companion?

So he readjusted his tone and said gently:

What we need to do is to give meaning to the senior's actions.

Chapter 227: My Senior Sister is Named Lingyuan Ellie (3k)

What does "give meaning" mean?

Cheng Yuqiu clearly did not understand what the other person meant.

This was also within Nie Qingyun's expectations, but it would be quite troublesome to discuss it from a philosophical perspective.

After a moment's thought, Nie Qingyun used [Resonance] to greet Lingyuan Ellie, who was still clearing out zombies.

He waved his hand when the girl turned around to look at him.

The latter immediately stopped what she was doing and jogged back to the two of them, looking very well-behaved.

But Nie Qingyun knew that the reason his senior was so obedient was because of the bond between them formed by their [resonance].

In other words, the senior student didn't come back because she wanted to; rather, she subconsciously received a signal to "come back," and then took the corresponding action.

But this kind of relationship is not what Nie Qingyun wants.

As the bond between him and Lingyuan Ellie deepens, perhaps it's time to make some slightly risky changes.

Thinking of this, Nie Qingyun squatted down, took the girl's hand, gently squeezed it, and said softly:

"Even in this state, senior... you must still want freedom, right?"

"Awoo~" Lingyuan Ellie didn't understand the meaning of the sentence, but just habitually reached out to hug the other's neck.

Usually at times like this, Nie Qingyun would pick her up and let her press her face against his.

But this time, Nie Qingyun did not do so.

Instead, he grabbed Lingyuan Ellie's shoulders and turned her body around.

After the girl faced the entire football field alone, he suppressed the reluctance in his heart and severed the "resonance" between them.

Although 【Soul Synchronization】 can establish a channel for the transmission of emotions between two people, the only character for 【Soul Synchronization Censor】 is Nie Qingyun.

Regardless of whether Lingyuan Ellie is willing or not, this bond can be unilaterally severed by the other party.

Once the bond is severed, they can no longer perceive each other's presence in any form other than human senses.

For a moment, Lingyuan Ellie, facing the empty football field, was stunned.

Her light blue eyes gradually lost their luster.

Her beautiful face still looked radiant, but it gave off a sense of lifelessness.

This underlying change was quite obvious to outsiders, and Cheng Yuqiu noticed almost instantly that something was wrong with her senior.

But when she tried to go forward to check the situation, Nie Qingyun stopped her.

They could only watch helplessly as the other person took hesitant steps forward.

Her petite figure stood out somewhat out of place on the vast green field, like something suddenly banished to the wider world.

In fact, Lingyuan Ellie was experiencing something similar at that moment.

What she sees is almost exactly the same as what ordinary people see.

Before me lay a green field, bordering the stands, and beyond that, a cluster of towering buildings.

Occasionally, you can catch a few swaying shadows and birds flying across the sky.

But in her eyes, all of this seemed to represent just various colors and shapes pieced together.

Everything around him seemed like pebbles left on the beach.

When you pick them up and hold them in your hand, you can clearly feel their presence.

But they don't understand why these things exist or what their significance is.

There's nothing I want to do or anything I desire...

It seems that all that's left to do is take a step forward.

And so, Lingyuan Ellie gradually walked away.

The tiny figure was about to blend into those ugly creatures.

Cheng Yuqiu felt a sudden tightness in her chest, as if she were about to lose something, and subconsciously clenched her hands.

"Nie Qingyun... Senior Sister, she's gone far away..."

"I'll go and bring her back."

“No need…” Nie Qingyun shook his head.

If he really wanted to bring his senior back, all he needed to do was re-establish the [resonance] and then simply have the thought.

However, even with this, Lingyuan Ellie is still a "caged bird" who is bound.

Although he had not yet figured out a specific way to turn his senior back into a human, Nie Qingyun was still willing to try every possible method.

A moment later, he raised his hand and waved forward.

"Senior Lingyuan!"

Just like when he saw that intellectual and elegant senior near the library, he called out to her.

His voice was loud, seemingly without regard for the zombies who were very sensitive to sound.

Lingyuan Ellie, who was wandering aimlessly forward, suddenly stopped and looked behind her.

As their eyes met, the girl's dim eyes suddenly brightened again.

Then he turned around and slowly took a step.

And they walked faster and faster, until finally they started running.

I felt a certain unnamed emotion in my heart, perhaps it was fervor, perhaps it was impulsiveness.

She felt as if there was something she wanted to grasp tightly, as if her soul itself had given her body this mission. She turned to face Nie Qingyun and Cheng Yuqiu.

"Aww!!"

Lingyuan Ellie grabbed Nie Qingyun's leg, but instead of jumping up and wrapping her legs around his waist as she usually did when she received an order, she did not do so.

I simply held her tightly.

It kept uttering clear, unintelligible calls.

Having lost the connection of [resonance], Nie Qingyun is now unable to clearly comprehend the precise meaning conveyed by the girl's syllables...

But he did feel that desire to be together.

Just like friends who have known each other for a long time.

What I said was incoherent, yet you understood it all.

At the same time, Nie Qingyun's heart also began to burn.

He wasn't sure if his senior would respond to his calls if the [Resonance] was cut off.

He was actually worried, somewhat afraid that his senior might never return.

Of course, if that were the case, he would still force her to come back, but that would have a completely different meaning from the senior student responding to the call and returning to his side.

However, at that moment, several zombies attracted by the sound approached.

Nie Qingyun didn't deal with the few monsters that were a bit of an eyesore. Instead, he took out a Primal Crystal from the Data Space and threw it out.