abyss rose

Chapter 55

People here still have to face the infection brought by alien beasts, but they don't seem to give up everyone's life.

Inhibitors, as doctors call them, seem to be drugs they use to ward off infections.

Chai Yuening was able to understand some of the data on the medical screen. After the injection of inhibitors, the degree of mutation of seriously injured patients on the operating table was still fluctuating and showing a slow growth trend.

It was 40.00% at the beginning, and as the operation progressed, it exceeded 50.00% a little bit.

Immediately afterwards, his body began to change visible to the naked eye, and the bare/exposed skin gradually produced light gray light gray scales.

He has already begun to produce irreversible mutations, and the salvageable surgery still hasn't stopped.

The person helping at the side gave another shot of the inhibitor.

"Is this the first time you've seen such a scene?"

A voice pulled Chai Yuening back from the endless shock.

The one who spoke to her was a woman in long clothes, trousers, and black gloves. She had shoulder-length black short hair, her eye sockets were slightly lowered, and there were fine lines at the corners of her eyes.

Leaning her back against the white wall outside the clinic, the woman stared at Chai Yuening for several seconds, and then asked leisurely, "Where are you from?"

Chai Yuening did not answer.

The woman asked again: "The floating city, or the dungeon?"

In this isolated place, someone suddenly mentioned the human base outside, which made Chai Yuening instantly vigilant.

"I'm from Dungeon Base," she said.

A trace of disappointment flashed in the woman's eyes, she didn't continue to ask, but just sighed softly.

"I come from Floating Void City, and I was taken in here eight years ago... I haven't heard about Floating Void City for a long time."

She said, and said quietly: "I also have a younger sister who lives in the outer city area like me, and I don't know how she is doing now."

Chai Yuening saw missing in her eyes.

But she couldn't bear to tell her that the outer city of the floating city had crashed.

Chai Yuening asked, "How did you get here?"

"My name is Lan Yi, and I am a ground investigation officer of the base. My husband is a pilot. Every time I go to the ground with the team, he will accompany me until one time, I was slightly injured during the investigation. The test results show signs of infection..." The woman said softly, and smiled helplessly, "In our floating city, once a person is infected, they can't go home."

"...I heard about it." Chai Yuening replied in a deep voice.

"I heard that your dungeon base does not have such rules."

"It didn't exist before, but now it does." Chai Yuening replied, "Because of a major accident in the prevention and control center, the infection spread outward, and mutants killed and injured humans on a large scale, the dungeon base paid a heavy price."

Lan Yi smiled after hearing this, and continued: "Yes, as long as it is not yourself, or your relatives or friends who are infected, then everyone will be grateful for the safety that this system brings to them. But There has always been data to prove that being infected does not mean a certain mutation, everyone wants to survive, even if the probability is not high, and they don't want to be completely pushed into the abyss of despair when there is still hope."

"In order not to be shot/judged at the entrance of the base, my husband made a crazy decision... He drove the base's fighter plane and wanted to take me to the base of the dungeon." Lan Yi said here, eyes revealed With a trace of sadness, "But we can't find the dungeon at all, we are lost in the boundless sky, just like the loneliest bird."

"Before the fuel ran out, we made an emergency landing in a deserted and desperate place. He led me all the way forward. We didn't know which would come first, tomorrow or death. We just kept moving forward, moving forward, as if we just kept going. In the same place, you can walk out of an abyss... But I walked out, and he didn't."

Chai Yuening opened her mouth and asked softly, "Has he mutated?"

Lan Yi nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Actually, I have also mutated."

As she spoke, she rolled up a section of her cuff, exposing the skin on her wrist.

That's not human skin, it's like fish skin, light gray, with thin black lines, and some dense, fluffy short spines growing on it.

Chai Yuening subconsciously held her breath.

"You must be wondering why that person has been like this and hasn't been given up yet." Lan Yi said, "But in fact, in this place, there are almost no people who are completely invariant."

She looked into Chai Yuening's eyes, and there was an indescribable light in her eyes: "We have mutated, but we are still alive. Maybe one day, we will suddenly lose our human self-awareness, but before that day comes, we Will not be abandoned by anyone here, will not be abandoned by anyone. All of us cherish every day and night of being human."

She said that there are inhibitors, drugs that can be used to conceal the breath, and weapons and ammunition that can cause severe damage to most alien beasts.

There is everything in this small base, and it can also consume energy to activate the stealth mode in critical moments to avoid the invasion of giant alien beasts and herds.

"This place is very nice, you will like it here." Lan Yi said, looking at the wounded on the operating table.

Chai Yuening couldn't help asking: "Will he survive?"

Lan Yi replied to her: "I don't know, not necessarily. The degree of mutation is very high. Whether the human will can be preserved depends on fate."

Chai Yuening stood outside the door of the infirmary with a worried heart.

Chuci came down to look for her on the way, and they stood outside together silently blowing the wind all night.

Chai Yuening finally breathed a sigh of relief until the heavy rain stopped and the sky became clear, and the injured person who was just a stranger to them survived.

His degree of mutation stopped at 60.00% at around 30.00 o'clock, and then slowly decreased bit by bit, and finally stabilized at around [-]%.

Ranyi said that mutation monitoring is based on body and will.The mutation of the body cannot be reversed, but the human will can be awakened again before it is completely dissipated.

About 30.00% of that person's mutation is an irreversible mutation in his body. His will has basically recovered. Although it is not absolutely stable, he will still be a human being until the next mutation occurs.

It's just that the human beings judged as "human beings" by this base, from the outside, maybe they should be pulled out and shot/killed.

After all, they may suddenly go crazy at any time, so the people here don't care at all.

In this place, secondary mutations of unstable bodies, or new mutations after injury, have long been common occurrences for them.

Each of them, more or less, has inhuman physical abilities due to body part mutations.So no matter who gets out of control, they can swarm to control it and carry it to the operating table.

It sounded a little funny, but Chai Yuening couldn't help but feel sore eyes.

Chai Yuening never thought that such a group of humans lived deep in the foggy area.

After the disaster strikes, they have nowhere to escape, they are isolated from the outside world, and they live in the depths of the fog area, which is thousands of times more dangerous than the outside.

They built a human home in a desperate place, faced the brand-new ecology brought by the black vines, and found a way to contend with it before the evaders in the distance.

In their eyes, there is no infection test, and there is no rule that you must die after showing signs of infection.

All of them cherish every day and night of being human.

They are in awe of every life called "human".

Although they must have paid a heavy price, even though their community is only a few hundred people, they are truly living freely. Each of them has the dignity that human beings should have and the right to live.

The morning light illuminated this human base through the thick fog. The wounded patient who had a successful operation was carried to a ward not far away under the watchful eye of Chai Yuening.

An Li's voice came from behind him: "Hey, you've been here all night!"

Chai Yuening came back to her senses, and turned to look at An Li.

An Li: "My uncle asked me to take you to see Mr.

Chai Yuening: "Sir?"

An Li nodded: "Everyone has to see Mr., Mr. has to do research, and we have to inform Mr. of every mutation, and cooperate with recording and sampling."

Chai Yuening subconsciously clenched Chu Ci's cold hand.

An Li didn't see it, but just waved at them: "Come with me."

They followed An Li and came to the experimental area here.

It was a blue-gray building with low floors and looked a little old.

An Li was bouncing ahead, with black spots on the back of her neck looming under the black ponytail.

A "person" with hands that had mutated into a pair of bird claws and dark brown wings growing out from under his red arms walked past them.

"Good morning, An Li."

"Morning Uncle Liu!"

After a few words of hello, she passed by.

Chai Yuening couldn't help but look back at that person a few more times, and after recovering, she asked in a low voice: "That person has wings, can he fly?"

An Li: "Mr. said that from the perspective of his physical structure, Uncle Liu should be able to fly, but maybe he has a psychological barrier. He has never been able to learn to fly."

She said, looked up at Chai Yuening, and added: "However, it is very dangerous to mutate to that extent. The more genes belonging to other species in the human body, the closer it is to completely mutating into a monster. Maybe if you are not careful , and there is no going back.”

Chai Yuening took a deep breath, and looked at Chu Ci unconsciously.

From this point of view, there are also signs of inhumanity, but Chu Ci is still different from the people here. Will this difference bring her new troubles?

With such doubts in her heart, she walked step by step to the door of the house where the gentleman mentioned in An Li's mouth was.

The moment the laboratory door was pushed open, she saw a white-haired old man sitting quietly by a window with a wheelchair under him.

He turned around slowly and looked in the direction of the sound of the door. In his calm and deep eyes, there was a kindness and kindness that made people want to get closer.

"Sir, this is the new friend my uncle and I brought back last night." An Li said, and then introduced Chai Yuening and Chu Ci, "This is the founder of our base and the guardian of all of us, Shi Wen Mr. Lin."

After finishing speaking, An Li waved at them, turned around and exited the room, and left here.

Chai Yuening looked at the old man in front of her, not knowing what to say for a moment.

This "sir" doesn't look younger than the Jiuxun old man she took care of. He is a human being who has experienced the wars and hardships of the old world. He has a pair of eyes that are indifferent to the world.

He looked at Chu Ci quietly, his eyes were distracted for a few seconds, and then he slowly came back to his senses.

"Little girl, you remind me of someone."

"Who?" Chu Ci asked.

The gentleman was silent for a long time, and asked in a low voice: "Have you heard of the secret research institute in the old world? In 2177, before the destruction of the old world, a 16-year-old girl was sent there. She successfully integrated the black Vine, the entire research institute regards her as the hope of mankind...she has the same rare eye color as you."

"But sir." Chu Ci said softly, "I was sent to the Floating City Research Institute in 2178."

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The author has something to say:

Not a bad guy, eh.