The Tide Stops

The alarm in the East Third District always sounds before dawn. The tide spreads outward along the cracks in the gate, like asphalt coming to life, swallowing up the ruins and the figures standing on the front line. Lu Yutang is one of them. As a human being, her life has been marked with a price since birth - using her body to resonate with weapons, using her flesh and blood to block pollution, dying on the battlefield is her duty, and surviving is a fluke. She had long been prepared to die in a certain mission without even leaving her name. Until Shen Yanchuan appeared. The inspector from the top was born with a lack of emotional awareness and was as cold as a knife sealed in ice. The way he looked at her was no different from looking at a piece of equipment or a set of data. It was precise, calm and without any ripples. He should have only assessed her combat value, recorded her loss of life, and signed and filed it after her death. But time and time again, in the inner ring, this spark that was destined to burn out broke open his frozen world. She taught him to distinguish the temperature in her palms, to feel the anxiety of waiting, and to understand the inexplicable trembling in her heart. She broke down "love" into countless small daily routines, and taught this person who never understands emotions bit by bit. When Shen Yanchuan finally understood that the uncontrollable throbbing in his chest was called liking—— The tide swallowed up the core area, and also swallowed up the person who taught him to love. When she wanted to live, no one allowed her to live. When he learned to love, she could no longer live. The tide recedes silently, and the rest of my life is silent.