Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 688 Extra (10)

Yan Zhen was preoccupied with the island and the purpose of the solar panels on it. He guessed that the man in camouflage knew the inside story, so he said, "Let's go take a look."

Jing Chen immediately got up and followed.

When they arrived at the open space outside the research institute, Xiaolong was giving the man glucose.

She grabbed the man's chin with one hand, forcefully pried open his mouth, and used the other hand to force-feed him glucose. Her actions were rough, and the man coughed repeatedly as she forced the glucose into his mouth, making his already pale face even more unsightly.

Yan Zhen quickly stepped forward and took the glucose from Xiao Long's hand: "I'll take it."

The man, who had been weakly keeping his eyes closed, probably noticed that the feeding of glucose had suddenly become much gentler. He barely opened his eyes, and when he saw Yan Zhen's appearance clearly, he suddenly raised his hand with difficulty and grabbed Yan Zhen's wrist.

"...Xiaoye?"

Yan Zhen was taken aback.

Jing Chen was also taken aback for a moment, then immediately stepped forward.

Yan Zhen glanced at the man's hand that was gripping her wrist; the skin was a deathly pale blue-white, and the touch was as cold as ice.

She shifted her gaze back to his face, meeting his excited expression, and calmly asked, "Do you know me?"

The man opened his mouth, wanting to answer, but due to the great emotional turmoil, he caught his breath and started coughing.

With that cough, he completely exhausted the little strength he had just mustered, and before he could even utter a word, his eyes rolled back and he fainted again.

Yan Zhen: "..."

This person knows the original owner and saved her life. Perhaps they can find the connection between the original owner and their amnesiac self, and then deduce the cause and effect of their own coming into this world.

Thinking of this, Yan Zhen screwed the cap off the glucose bottle and instructed Xiao Long, "Take good care of him, don't let him die."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Long, who had been nonchalant, immediately became serious: "Okay, boss."

For the rest of the day, Yan Zhen and his group dismantled the solar panels.

One by one, the photovoltaic panels were dismantled. Jingchen used two omnidirectional single pulleys and ropes to make a lifting device to hoist the photovoltaic panels down from the top floor.

This simple device significantly improves efficiency, eliminating the need for manual labor to carry the solar panels down from the rooftop, and the dismantling speed is much faster than expected.

After a busy day, everyone dismantled more than 300 photovoltaic panels.

After dark, everyone was tired.

Yan Zhen ate something, arranged for people to keep watch at night, and before going to sleep, he didn't forget to take a look at the man in camouflage.

He is still unconscious.

But Xiaolong, having received Yan Zhen's instructions to save him, not only added a blanket to keep him warm but also re-bandaged his wounds and was no longer stingy with the medicine.

After a full day of recovery, the man's face was finally no longer ashen and lifeless.

Yan Zhen figured the man probably wouldn't die, so he turned around and went to sleep without worry.

All night without incident.

As dawn broke, Yan Zhen called to his team members to get to work.

Unexpectedly, when she went to the lake to wash her face and returned to the open space in front of the research institute, the man in camouflage woke up.

As soon as Yan Zhen appeared, he stared intently at her.

A few seconds later, he called out to her uncertainly, "Fang Ye?"

Yan Zhen was now certain that this person did indeed know the original owner of her body.

"Hmm." Yan Zhen walked over with a military water bottle with a filter and looked down at the man lying on the ground.

The man was probably no more than thirty years old. He was wrapped in two old blankets like a dried-out salted fish, but you could still tell that he was tall and strong under the blankets. His face was pale from serious injuries, and his features were sharp. He was a typical tough guy.

Perhaps it was because Yan Zhen's gaze was too direct and unfamiliar that the man couldn't help but ask, "Don't you remember me?"

"I have lost my memory."

The man was taken aback.

“I was fleeing for my life in the early days of the apocalypse, and I had an accident on the way. When I regained consciousness, I had amnesia. I only knew my name was Fang Ye because of the ID card I was carrying.” Yan Zhen knelt down next to him, supporting the back of the man’s head with one hand and feeding him water with the other.

The man took two sips of water from her kettle, then struggled to sit up: "I..."

Yan Zhen pressed down on his shoulder: "Lie down first, your injury is serious."

The man obediently lay back down, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I am Lin Yu."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Yan Zhen with expectant eyes, as if hoping that she could remember who he was through this name.

Yan Zhen could see his expectation, but she didn't give him face and asked, "Were we very familiar before?"

Lin Yu: "...We dated in high school, does that count as being close?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a clanging sound came from behind Yan Zhen.

Yan Zhen immediately turned around. Jing Chen was standing five meters away. He seemed to have just washed his face by the lake, as his face and head were wet. His military water bottle was on the ground, and he was staring at Lin Yu with a fierce expression.

Yan Zhen: "..."

Why did he make that leopard-like expression again, as if its food had been stolen?

Ignoring Jing Chen, Yan Zhen turned her gaze back to Lin Yu in front of her, already having a clear plan in mind.

Lin Yu and the original owner were ex-boyfriend and girlfriend, and this relationship would naturally make them closer than strangers, especially in the harsh post-apocalyptic world.

Whether she can get anything out of Lin Yu depends on how she uses and leverages this relationship.

Thinking of this, Yan Zhen sincerely said to Lin Yu, "I'm sorry, I forgot."

Lin Yu indeed showed a disappointed expression.

Yan Zhen asked, "Why did we break up back then?"

Lin Yu sighed: "Our college applications are different, our parents are interfering, and we're both young and hot-blooded. When we argue, neither of us is willing to back down..."

Yan Zhen understood.

Just as she was about to continue speaking, she heard footsteps behind her.

Jing Chen walked with heavy steps, paused for a moment beside her, then squatted down like her and stared straight at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu: "?"

Yan Zhen: "..."

She turned her head and looked at Jing Chen expressionlessly: "Don't you have anything to do? Slacking off here."

Jing Chen said angrily, "I've done everything you asked me to do."

"Then let's go to the rooftop and remove the solar panels."

“That’s not my job. I’m responsible for finding a way to transport the solar panels across the river, but transporting the solar panels requires your cooperation. I can’t do it by myself if you don’t start.”

Yan Zhen: "..."

Seeing that Jingchen refused to leave, Yan Zhen simply ignored him and continued to ask Lin Yu, "Why are you on this island in the middle of the lake?"

"This is the research center I'm responsible for guarding."

"Research center? What do they research?"

Yan Zhen recalled the solar panels on the roof that someone was maintaining, confirming his suspicions. This seemingly abandoned island in the middle of the lake was indeed hiding something, and it was most likely a research project conducted by the military.

Lin Yu shook his head: "I'm sorry, it's a classified military project, I can't tell you."

"You're still alive, and the military just dumped you here, and you're still loyally keeping it a secret?"

At this point, Lin Yu paused slightly, a fleeting look of melancholy in his eyes, before saying, "The R&D team had to abandon me to preserve their manpower, which I can understand."

Soldiers have their own principles and beliefs. Yan Zhen had no intention of forcing Lin Yu to betray his beliefs and reveal the research project. Instead, he asked the question he cared about most: "Are there still people in the research and development center?"

Lin Yu shook his head: "They took the data and research results and left."

"Does the R&D center have a boat? I need a boat to transport these photovoltaic panels to the other side of the lake."