abyss rose

Chapter 11

Chu Ci said that the world is so big that not all places can be seen.

Life is fragile, but also tenacious.

In the base built by human beings, many creatures of the old world can avoid the harsh illusion on the ground and multiply smoothly.

The dungeon and the floating city are constantly exchanging information on the reproduction of creatures in their respective bases, and they are also constantly determining that a certain species is completely extinct in the world.

But the world is so big, how big are the dungeons and floating cities?

Is there a possibility that in the depths of the foggy area, or in the distance that humans cannot reach, the life that humans have tried so hard to protect has found a suitable way out?

Chai Yuening seemed to understand these words, but she didn't seem to understand.

She took a deep breath, tapped her toes on the ground, and gently rocked the creaking old rocking chair. Looking at the white wall with some cracks and paint, she couldn't help but fell into a moment of thought.

When she came to her senses, Chu Ci had quietly read the book in her hand.

That night, while Chu Ci was taking a bath, Chai Yuening changed her into newly bought sheets, bedding and pillows.

The old things on the bed were all used by Chu Ci for a while before she moved in. Although they can't be said to be dirty, the things she used are always used by others, which is always a bit bad.

When taking off the old bed sheet, Chai Yuening saw a broken leaf falling on the ground.

The leaves are small, the dry parts have been crushed, and the undried parts are black, which are the branches and leaves of the black vine.

"When did it get off the top..."

Chai Yuening muttered in a low voice, but couldn't help but froze.

Soon, she came back to her senses, put the changed sheets on the floor, bent over to pick up the leaves, and threw them into the trash can calmly.

Chu Ci had just finished taking a shower, and before drying her long silver hair, Chai Yuening walked into the steamy bathroom with the sheets, quilt covers and pillowcases that had been replaced on the floor.

"Shall I wash it?" Chu Ci stood at the door, holding a half-wet white towel in his hand.

"No, I'll just wash it. Dry your hair, it will give you a headache when you sleep in it."

After Chai Yuening finished speaking, she turned on the faucet, and the water was rushing, washing the changed sheets.

Standing outside the door, Chu Ci silently wiped his hair half dry, then squatted down on the ground, and wiped off the dripping water stains one by one with a paper towel.

She hung the wet towel on the corner of the drying rack, turned around and walked to the coffee table, wanting to read a book for a while.

On the coffee table, next to the book she had turned upside down, there was an extra infection test kit at some point.

Chu Ci hesitated for a moment, then reached out and picked up the book.

After an unknown amount of time, Chai Yuening's voice came from the toilet.

"Chu Ci, help me!"

Chu Ci quickly got up and ran over, squatting at the door of the toilet, and helped Chai Yuening twist the wet sheets and quilt cover for a long time.

The water on the ground was icy and cold, with a little spring chill, which wet their clean feet, but they couldn't hide the smile in their eyes.

The clean sheets and quilt covers are filled with the entire drying rack.

They hang in the modest living room, like there's another space hidden behind.

However, there is only a white wall behind.

"When I work for a few more years, I'll make enough contributions to the base, and if I'm qualified to enter the main city, I can be allocated a bigger house." Chai Yuening said, looking sideways and standing by the wall to rest Chu Ci.

Chu Ci unconsciously glanced at the reagents on the coffee table, and asked lightly, "Why did you take that out?"

"That one, when I was changing your sheets, I didn't know where it fell out, so I put it there first." Chai Yuening said, stepped forward and picked it up into his pocket when he usually went out, and said with a smile, " I keep messing around here."

"Oh." Chu Ci responded softly, turned and walked into the bedroom.

Chai Yuening thought for a while, picked up the upside-down book on the coffee table, entered the room and handed it to Chu Ci.

She saw a flash of surprise in Chu Ci's eyes, and she seemed to be a little bit happy in the surprise.

"You don't sleep until your hair is dry!"

"Ok!"

Chu Ci took the book from Chai Yuening and looked through it with lowered eyebrows.

The light in the bedroom is on for her tonight.

Chai Yuening lay sideways on the flat floor, didn't speak, and didn't fall asleep soon.

Night in the dungeon is not much different from daytime.

Yes, only at eleven o'clock in the evening, the radio that resounds throughout the outer city.

"It is 23 o'clock at night, and there is still half an hour before the power is turned off. Please arrange the power consumption time reasonably."

"Early to bed and early to rise is good for your health."

"May you tonight embrace sweet dreams."

"..."

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One day later, it will be the second opening day of the main city's virtual ecological zone.

Visiting the virtual ecological area seems to have become a trend among residents of the outer city. Regardless of whether they are interested in the ecology of the old world, many people will follow the trend to get a ticket in order to make themselves look less like bumpkins.

This time, everyone in the team asked for a ticket except Chai Yuening and Chu Ci.

The ticket was obtained with the help of one of Lu Qi's buddies in the tenth district. At that time, half of the deposit was paid first, and today happened to be the day to pick up the ticket.

District [-] and District [-] are far apart, and the train alone takes four hours.

No, early in the morning, Liandong dragged Lao Xiang and Lu Qi to the Tenth District, and before leaving, he explained to Chai Yuening what he was going to do today.

"Captain, I submitted a supply application to the military a while ago. The military will come to our team base today to check the inventory of our guns/arms/ammunition/ammunition. After confirming that it is correct, as long as you confirm that the team has added a person, you need to get more. A subsidy, and the frequency of follow-up missions for the military, and then sign a name, and the supplies will arrive in a few days."

"I wanted Du Xia to go, but I contacted her just now, and she told me that she went back to District [-] to accompany her grandma last night, so I had to go to the captain."

"They didn't say when to come, maybe in the morning or in the afternoon, captain, remember to go to our base early and wait, don't let them wait for us."

"The train has arrived, and the signal inside is not good, so let's not talk about it."

The hastily dialed in and then hastily cut off the communication, so Chai Yuening had to leave the bed, glanced at her pocket watch, and stood up while stretching.

When Chai Yuening walked into the toilet, Chu Ci, who was sitting on the sofa listening to the radio, looked up and asked, "I just heard something happened today?"

"Well, the military is going to visit our team base." Chai Yuening said, "Usually Lonicera handles these matters. Today she went to the tenth district to collect tickets, so I have to go."

"I'm with you." Chu Ci stood up.

"Then you change your clothes, I'll be fine soon."

"Ah."

It took about an hour to walk from home to the team base.

Chai Yuening took out the key and opened the closed rolling door.

Dim light bulbs lit up, illuminating this small base converted from a garage.

Across the usual work area, a heavy and old armored vehicle is parked in the corner, and the weapon rack and ammunition/medicine box are placed on the right hand side of the armored vehicle.

Chai Yuening hadn't been here for a while, and it was still cleaned up.

The military personnel hadn't arrived yet, Chai Yuening was idle and bored, turned on the old radio that Lao Xiang had complained about and filmed so many times, and listened to the broadcast from the base.

The old radio was very stuck, and it started to sizzle after a few words.

"The last time I came here, it was broken." Chu Ci said.

Chai Yuening was a little dumbfounded for a while: "Old Xiang is right, this shit should be replaced."

After all, this thing has not been changed, and it has nothing to do with her stinginess some time ago.

But people change. Recently, I have spent a lot of money, and I suddenly feel that it is not very expensive to replace a radio.

"When the military is gone today, we'll go buy a new one." Chai Yuening said, sitting down at the desk where Lonicera usually keeps accounts, and flipped through the backup ledger that Lonicera left here.

Chu Ci sat by the radio, resting his chin on his hands, listening to the intermittent broadcast in a daze.

The military came shortly after they had finished lunch.

As Liandong said, the military came here to check the inventory of the team's weapons, confirm the expected time and frequency of the mission, and the identity of the new personnel, so that they can go back and report and calculate the supply.

The military's entire counting process was very fast, and all counts were completed in less than half an hour.

The only thing that delayed the progress was the process of confirming the identity of the new personnel.

They said nothing to recognize the temporary ID cards issued by the base, and they were unwilling to grant subsidies to new personnel.

Chai Yuening patiently sat there for a long time, and finally took the military personnel to the Population Management Sub-bureau of the Sixth District, and signed a copy for Chu Ci. There is a "responsibility letter", which is why he won the subsidy for the team members.

After tossing about everything and sending off the military personnel, Chai Yuening couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Our team does a lot of work for the military, so in addition to weapons supplies, each person can also get some living allowances." Chai Yuening said, looking at Chu Ci with a smile, "From today, you also have it."

"It seems somewhat inconvenient to be a resident of Floating Void City here." Chu Ci whispered.

"Affirmative." Chai Yuening said, "But I remember that if you live for more than one year, you can go through formal check-in procedures."

"One year?"

"Well, do you want to stay here forever?"

Facing this question, Chu Ci unconsciously pursed his lips, and there seemed to be some hesitation in his eyes.

But soon, she nodded under Chai Yuening's gaze, and when she raised her eyes again, there was no trace of hesitation.

Chai Yuening smiled: "Then I will accompany you to go through the formalities."

"En!" Chu Ci also raised the corners of his lips.

The two of them, as usual, walked one after the other on the way home.

The incandescent lamps on the street shorten and lengthen the shadows under the feet of people with different thoughts.

They all forgot to buy a new radio for the squad base.

Insignificant things are always easy to be forgotten.

If the ordinary days are longer, maybe in a certain time of doing nothing, the forgotten little things can be suddenly remembered.

It can be "clicked" with the horns that can be seen everywhere on the street.

The base's alarm sounded in everyone's heart first.

"Residents of District [-], please pay attention, residents of District [-], please pay attention, this broadcast is notified by the military!"

"Due to an accident at the infection prevention and control center in District Five, mutants of unknown level suspected to have human IQ attacked the city defense system. Herds of beasts broke through the city defenses and poured into the city. The whole district has completely lost contact with the base at noon today. Stop half of the city's trains, and do our best to check all train passengers that pass through the five districts."

"Residents in other urban areas are requested to be vigilant. If the urban area is attacked by a herd of beasts, they must remain calm, follow the arrangements of the public security station, and evacuate to the designated urban area in an orderly manner."

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