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Chapter 80 It's better not to meet than to meet

Hearing Wang Qi's nonsensical words, Wu You's lips twitched visibly, and he chuckled, "I don't have a cross-dressing fetish, okay?"

Looking at Wu You, whose mental state was clearly quite good, Wang Qi's worry eased slightly.

Then he got down to business.

"Old Wu, you should have seen the notice, right? You're going to Yunshang Province in three days to participate in the Jiuli preliminary selection training."

Wu You nodded; he had seen it this morning.

Are you going?

Hearing his question, Wu You was also taken aback: Why not go?

But seeing the worry in Wang Qi's eyes, Wu You realized that he was currently in a weak state with no fighting ability in their eyes.

Hu Lie had previously stated that the Jiuli preliminary training could result in fatalities.

Wang Qi was worried about him.

Before Wu You could reply, Wang Qi continued, "Hey, it's okay if you don't go. I may not be as crazy as you, but I'm still pretty decent, okay?"

"If you don't want to go, you can wait for me to come back. I'll protect you from now on."

Although it was said in jest, his eyes were incredibly serious, as if he were making a solemn promise.

Wu You shook his head; he would still attend the Jiuli preliminary selection training this time.

It's not for any other reason.

Instead, he had previously asked Hu Lie whether the Jiuli pre-selection training was related to killing zombie species. Hu Lie gave him a definite answer and also said that they would encounter a large number of zombie species during the pre-selection training, or that they would need to go to places where zombie species gathered to complete some tasks during the pre-selection training.

Upon hearing this, Wu You, who had initially been open to anything, immediately made a decision.

I have to go.

What pre-selection training? Isn't this just a freebie?

Seeing Wu You shake her head, Wang Qi wasn't surprised. He simply nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come find you in three days, and we'll go together."

Wu You nodded.

After saying goodbye, Wang Qi left first.

After Wang Qi left, Hu Lie said, "Actually, it's fine to wait two years before going. After all, Xiao You, you're still so young."

Wu You shook her head again: "I'm not that fragile."

Seeing Wu You's insistence, Hu Lie stopped insisting: "Alright then, I'll be there anyway, so it's fine..."

Before Hu Lie could finish speaking, the image of Wu You battling the Thousand-Faced God's divine descent flashed through his mind, and he paused in his speech.

Wu You smiled and stopped discussing the topic, instead asking about the current situation in Lanhe City.

"With the aid from surrounding cities and the support from the provincial bureau, the reconstruction work is progressing very quickly."

"But the casualties were still too high."

At this point, Hu Lie paused for a moment: "Eighty percent of my colleagues in the Lanhe City Bureau died in the line of duty, and the number of casualties among Lanhe residents exceeded one million."

Listening to Hu Lie's description, Wu You also fell silent. Lin Yuan was one of those eight out of ten.

His smiling figure reappeared in his mind.

Exhaling a breath of stale air, Wu You continued, "Has the memory overwriting of the entire Nalan River area been completed?"

At the very beginning of the Bureau of Investigation's establishment, there were incidents of large-scale invasions of the zombie species into the city, and a large number of residents also became aware of the existence of the zombie species.

The consequence was the rapid emergence of a large number of mid-level Lustful Corpse Species and a small number of high-level Lustful Corpse Species, further exacerbating the casualties.

In response to this situation, the Bureau of Investigation developed a memory overlay device using a special dark domain mineral called Dream Stone as a material.

This device, once activated with a universal energy stone, can massively overwrite the memories of ordinary people over the past three days. Any content related to the Corpse Species will be automatically overwritten and corrected by their brains.

The memory of witnessing the zombie killing people might be mistaken for a car accident, drowning, fire, etc., and the destroyed buildings might be attributed to some kind of natural disaster such as an earthquake. Moreover, they would subconsciously not question or think about these parts of the memory.

Memories related to the Corpse Species will only turn into illusions, suppressed at the lowest level of memory, and cannot be recalled.

Almost every city is equipped with this device, and Lanhe City is no exception.

But this method is also cruel to ordinary people.

Perhaps one of their relatives was killed by the zombies, and to prevent things from getting worse, they are forced to forget the truth and live in a fantasy woven by their own minds, without even the power to choose.

However, this was determined by the war situation between humans and zombies, and the zombies were stronger, so the humans had no choice.

Hu Lie naturally understood all of this, and he sighed, "It was completed the day after the war ended."

After a moment of silence, Wu You spoke again: "Have my parents been notified yet?" Wu You paused, then continued, "The news of my death."

Hu Lie shook his head: "Not yet, but are you sure, Xiao You?"

"This is cruel to you and your family."

Wu You took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and the image of that glass of milk that was always placed on the table came to mind again.

A moment later he opened his eyes, as if he had made some kind of decision.

"Let them know. In my current state, even if I stood right in front of them, they probably wouldn't recognize me."

If it were before, Wu You's facial features could still be vaguely discerned from his original appearance.

But now, his height, build, facial features, and temperament are completely different, and even his voice has changed to a completely neutral state, similar to that of the God of a Thousand Faces.

Only Hu Lie, Wang Qiye, and others in the Investigation Bureau who watched him change little by little could know that he was actually the same somewhat gloomy boy from before.

And rather than letting them know the truth and worry about him day and night, it's better to take advantage of this disappearance...

That's right, when Wu You was in a coma, the investigation bureau told Wu's parents that he was temporarily missing.

But Wu's parents had almost tacitly accepted that Wu You had died.

After all, in their eyes, Wu You was just an ordinary high school student, and the chances of an ordinary high school student surviving a disaster for more than half a month were almost zero.

Why not take advantage of the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Wu have already tacitly accepted his death and let 'Wu You' truly die?

Moreover, Wu You's profession and his special abilities destined him to fight against the zombies, and his continued presence by their side would only bring them trouble.

Just as Wu You was about to say something, Hu Lie continued, "I know Xiao You is afraid they'll worry, and besides, your current appearance is indeed not suitable for you to reunite with them."

"How about this, we just keep announcing to the public that he/she is missing?"

"Leave them something to look forward to, and also leave yourself a way out, so that you have a reason if you want to come back in the future."

Wu You paused for a moment, then nodded silently.

He sighed inwardly: Sure enough, he was still a little soft-hearted.

Just then, Wang Qi, who had previously left, returned.

He walked in and said to Wu You.

"By the way, there's a young woman who just started working outside looking for you. She seems to have been asking about you for a long time."

"They took out your service weapon, so I brought it with me."

Wu You was stunned. A young girl who had just joined the company? With a gun?

A name popped into Wu You's mind: Hua Linlin?

Did she join the Bureau of Investigation?

However, considering her ability to both restrain enemies and heal teammates, joining the Investigation Bureau seems quite normal.