The end of the world is coming: My waiter is too Buddhist

Chapter 314: Hope in the End of the World

Lin Xiaoxiao thought she would have a hard time falling asleep, but it wasn't until she was awakened by a knock on the door the next day that she realized she had fallen asleep at some point last night. A night of deep sleep made her feel much more energetic.

"Wait a minute, I'll be right back."

Lin Xiaoxiao jumped out of bed in response to the knock on the door. She grabbed a pair of tight-fitting sportswear and put it on. Ling Hao's gentle, deep voice echoed from outside the door. "Director, Liu Xin has requested to go to the official shelter. Qian Duoduo asked me to ask if there's anything else you want to tell Liu Xin."

After putting on her clothes, Lin Xiaoxiao opened the door and saw Ling Hao standing straight outside in a black training suit. This was a little different from his usual elegant appearance in a suit and tie.

"Did Qian Duoduo ask you to come to me?"

Ling Hao had always been by her side before and rarely interacted with the residents of the shelter and other people. Lin Xiaoxiao was a little surprised that Ling Hao would make a special trip to help Qian Duoduo.

Shaking his head, Ling Hao handed the lunch box to Lin Xiaoxiao: "I saw Qian Duoduo on the way here, and I helped him pass on the message. After all, he came too early and would disturb your rest."

Ling Hao's tone was as gentle as usual, but his eyes were fixed on the ground and he didn't look at Lin Xiaoxiao, which made Lin Xiaoxiao a little confused about what he was thinking.

Ever since Ling Hao proposed to live a normal life, he rarely came to visit her and stay with her. Today was the first time he took the initiative to come and bring her food.

Feeling the warmth from the lunch box handle, Lin Xiaoxiao suppressed her smile and whispered, "Thank you, but let's wait until we've dealt with Liu Xin's issue before eating. I bet he didn't sleep well last night."

Liu Xin's sense of responsibility is unmatched by ordinary people, as he was able to lead a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people across thousands of kilometers to the capital. Lin Xiaoxiao could guess without thinking how much this person who had traveled all the way wanted to reach the official shelter to complete his mission.

Lin Xiaoxiao admired such people very much, so she didn't want to use her status to keep such a hero waiting for a long time.

Ling Hao, who had been lowering his head, couldn't help but look up at Lin Xiaoxiao in confusion: "You won't take long to eat, can't he even wait for this little while?"

Although he already has a human body, he still cannot understand human thoughts in many things. He cannot understand why Lin Xiaoxiao, as the leader of the shelter, would sacrifice his meal time to help someone who is obviously of no use to the shelter.

Before, he thought that Lin Xiaoxiao asked him to lead a team to search for this group of people in the wild in order to absorb population and labor, but from the information he had, this man named Liu Xin did not want to stay in the Hope Shelter. He was afraid that he would not come back after going to the official shelter. In that case, why should he help him?

He is obviously just an ordinary awakener with a strengthened body, so why does Lin Xiaoxiao show admiration for Liu Xin?

Although he had not been a human for a long time, Ling Hao could still see Lin Xiaoxiao's respect and admiration for Liu Xin. He didn't understand what was so special about such an ordinary awakener that was worthy of Lin Xiaoxiao's concern.

"He is a man worthy of respect. Even after a long journey of thousands of kilometers, he did not give up his responsibility and conscience. This is the most precious quality in human nature, far beyond the reach of ordinary people."

As if she had noticed Ling Hao's confusion, Lin Xiaoxiao turned around and walked towards the corridor ahead and explained a few words, her words full of tenderness and admiration.

In her opinion, Liu Xin's pure and powerful belief is the glory in the end times, the hope for human survival, and the most powerful weapon of mankind.

“The most precious quality…”

Ling Hao murmured these words softly as he followed Lin Xiaoxiao forward. Perhaps he couldn't understand what this meant now, but he believed that he would understand it one day.

Thinking of this, he looked at Lin Xiaoxiao's back in front of him with a little more joy, so he took two quick steps and followed her: "Director, I will follow you forever."

"Stop hanging out with that guy Gilgamesh. You're becoming more and more like a middle school student."

Although she didn't deliberately try to find out what Ling Hao was doing, Lin Xiaoxiao often heard Qin Ming say that Jin Shanshan and Ling Hao had been together in a mysterious way recently, and asked him if he should go and find out some information.

Lin Xiaoxiao was curious about what Jin Shanshan and Ling Hao were doing together, but she didn't want to ask Qin Ming to find out the news. She didn't want to pry into other people's privacy for no reason, which was a bit perverted.

After rushing all the way, Lin Xiaoxiao soon saw Liu Xin, who was still looking haggard, in the guard tent in the square at the entrance of the shelter. He was sitting there like a piece of wood, and he hardly looked alive.

Lin Xiaoxiao used her eyes to signal Ling Hao to open the lunch box, and then she nimbly sat down on the chair opposite Liu Xin. "Captain Liu, why are you so early today? Why don't you sleep in a little longer?"

As she said this, she handed the chopsticks to Liu Xin: "Want to eat together?"

Liu Xin opened her lips, which were cracked from dryness, and said in a hoarse voice, "No, I've already eaten."

Hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao picked up her chopsticks and started eating. She didn't seem panicked at all, which made Liu Xin hesitate to speak.

But in the end he shut his mouth and waited obediently for Lin Xiaoxiao to eat, but he kept his head down and didn't move like a stone statue.

The square was very noisy with people coming and going, but the tent fell into a strange silence with only the sound of Lin Xiaoxiao chewing food. If it were at night, it would definitely scare a lot of people.

After a few minutes of eating, Lin Xiaoxiao finally gave in and spoke first: "The official shelter may not be able to help you now. I don't want to see you fall into the tiger's mouth."

"I'm not afraid, it's just..."

There was no emotion in Liu Xin's hoarse voice. After a night of thinking, he had already accepted that his journey would end in death, so he had nothing to fear.

Ah!

With a sneer, Lin Xiaoxiao put down her chopsticks and stared intently at the haggard man opposite her: "Captain Liu, is your sense of responsibility limited to running a trip to deliver the message? It's been more than a year since the apocalypse, and you still haven't figured out that we are the only ones who can save us?

Yes, I used to admire your fearlessness and commitment to your duty, but I've realized I was wrong. Your so-called sense of responsibility is simply blindly completing a non-existent mission and seeking relief through death. You simply don't have the courage to fight for a better future!

Lin Xiaoxiao was a little disappointed. She thought Liu Xin would be a warrior who fought with hope, but she didn't expect that he would be such a blind and brainless ostrich who only wanted to avoid reality.

Even if he wanted to ask for help, he should have asked this insider for information about the official shelter and sought certain help to ensure the success of this request for help. However, this person did nothing and did not ask anything. He just wanted to follow the established itinerary to go to a dangerous and unknown West and wait for death to come.

Now Liu Xin has lost the will to live and is no different from a dead person. Such a Liu Xin makes Lin Xiaoxiao inevitably sad and scared. She is afraid that one day she will be defeated by reality and like Liu Xin, she will no longer be able to bring hope to others.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Xiaoxiao locked eyes with Liu Xin, forcing him to look her in the eye. "The end of the world is indeed cruel, but we who are in it must carve out a way for ourselves and our descendants. Do you have the courage to join us?"