* Sentinel/Guide, apocalypse, love and hate, battle-worn, sickly
* Scheming, flirtatious Guide x loyal, taciturn, stubborn Sentinel
Two weeks before the virus outbreak, Meng Xu was assigned to He Yi by their company.
She and He Yi had never gotten along. Two words in, and she would blow up. He Yi always managed to enrage her with the simplest, most casual remarks.
The worst time, she had a high fever for three days.
After that, she stayed as far away from He Yi as she could, and things stayed peaceful for a long time.
So the day she saw the announcement, she flew into a rage once more, shoved He Yi against a wall, and threatened to have their assignment terminated.
But He Yi took the opportunity to invade her mind and overpower her.
She also opened a mental link, trying to find out why Meng Xu hated her.
She soon saw scenes of them carrying out a mission together.
At the time, Meng Xu had suddenly fallen ill. She couldn't hold her gun, and her labored breathing fogged up the scope.
She hesitated, unable to pull the trigger.
He Yi handed her an ice cube and told her to hold it in her mouth, but Meng Xu couldn't control her stiff fingers and squeezed the trigger.
The bullet hit the target in the shoulder. The mission failed, and they were hunted in turn.
With no other choice, He Yi forcibly entered Meng Xu's mental landscape and transmitted the plan.
As a Sentinel, Meng Xu had no choice but to obey, however unwillingly. She followed He Yi's plan, and together they managed to escape.
But after that kiss, Meng Xu became hopelessly addicted to her.
And yet He Yi was the only one who had the power to choose.
So Meng Xu could only keep her distance.
She pretended not to care, not to love her, thinking that would quiet those forbidden feelings.
But she soon realized that every time she took a step back, He Yi took a step forward, leaving her nowhere to hide.
After holding herself back and suppressing her feelings for so long, she used all her strength to push He Yi away.
"Have you had enough?"
"Xu Xu, I..."
"I know you love someone."
The Dark Sentinel who died on the battlefield was the company's strongest weapon. She refused to surrender, and in the end was blown to pieces. He Yi had searched for her for years, but couldn't find a single trace.
That person died so suddenly that He Yi never had a chance to erase her love for her.
And Meng Xu was just a flawed weapon. How could she compete with someone who was dead?
*Glass octopus x Rottweiler (mental forms)
Theme: Human potential is limitless
