abyss rose

Chapter 61

This is undoubtedly a crazy decision.

The two people who finally settled down are going to go through the foggy area again, to the floating city, to seek the truth that has been concealed for more than 50 years.

Although there is such a possibility, in the past 50 years, those truths have not survived, and the original batch of researchers passed away one after another during these long years, and the juniors who took over the project may not know that their pioneers have a deep understanding of that What did the sample do.

But Chai Yuening knew that even if she went, she might not be able to get the truth, but if she didn't go to Chu Ci, she would definitely regret it. Even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance, she would accompany Chu Ci on this trip.

Because this was the first time, Chu Ci told her what he wanted in person.

She couldn't say no, and she was even more than happy about it.

She told her that people can choose for themselves.

She told her that emotions or pain can be expressed.

But people who have long been used to suffering silently still love to keep all their worries in their hearts.

God knows how precious Chu Ci's honesty is to her.

From the moment she decided to leave with Chu Ci, she was a person who had lost her direction and no longer cared where she was going.

If possible, she is willing to let Chu Ci's thoughts and thoughts become the direction that she will never get lost from now on.

She stood up and took Chu Ci to find the old gentleman again.

It was getting late, and the gray-haired old man was still sitting in the laboratory, waiting for the analysis results of the sample composition by complex electronic instruments.

The lights in the room are cold white, and incomprehensible data are running on the huge electronic screen.

At that time, Wenlin was taking advantage of this gap to close his eyes and rest.

The arrival of Chai Yuening and Chu Ci brought a little surprise to his eyes: "Why are you here?"

"Sir, these days, thank you and everyone for taking us in. We..." Chai Yuening hesitated for a moment, but his eyes immediately became firm, "We decided to leave."

"Leave?" Shi Wenlin looked puzzled.

"We want to go back to Floating Void City." Chai Yuening said, "The truth of the year, Chu Ci's missing memory, can't just forget it. You don't know what those people did to Chu Ci, so let's ask them."

Shi Wenlin leaned on the back of the wheelchair, eyes full of tiredness, quietly looking at the two juniors in front of him.

The silence didn't last long.

There was no great surprise in Shi Wenlin's eyes, and there was not even a hint of disapproval in his tone.

He just said a helpless fact very calmly: "There is no way to send you back here. You should also know that we are also trapped here."

Chai Yuening said: "If we can come in with nothing, we will definitely be able to get out."

She said seemingly absurd words in a firm tone, others may not be able to understand, but she believed that Chu Ci could do it.

They can come in from outside the fog zone, and they can definitely return to the outside world.

"Sir, this road is not easy to walk. Everyone is trapped here. Your research over the years, as well as everyone's survival and fighting methods, have all been blocked by thick fog in this small world." Chai Yuening Said, "If you want, we hope to take the news out here, for everyone at the base in the fog zone, and for people outside the fog zone who are still struggling to survive."

"I've been waiting for the same kind outside the fog area to find us, or for someone to gain the ability to fly during the fusion and tell the outside world the news of our existence." Shi Wenlin said softly, his deep-set eye sockets turned reddish, "I saw Liu Ding leave... A while ago, he told me during his routine inspection that he wanted to go back to Floating City even in his dreams."

"I originally thought that when he was able to fly, we would be able to get in touch with Floating Void City..." Shi Wenlin sighed softly, "It's always so sudden that an infected person changes from a human to a beast, and they don't even have time to inject Inhibitor, the final mutation has been completed."

Liu Ding, it sounds like that uncle Liu's name.

The base in the fog area is so big, hundreds of people usually don't look up and look down, and Chai Yuening has seen him several times from a distance.

He has a pair of dark brown bird wings, which have mutated into bird feet. On the ankles, a hand-woven red rope is loosely tied, which was given to him by An Li.

An Li said, Uncle Liu will always be able to learn to fly in the future, the surrounding fog is so heavy, Liu Shufei is flying in the sky, and everyone on the ground can't see clearly, so it's easy to think him as a strange beast, how bad would it be to accidentally injure him?

Red is the most conspicuous color, and the red rope tied around the ankle is sure to be seen at a glance.

She braided a red rope and gave it to Uncle Liu, so that Uncle Liu would not be accidentally injured in the future.

However, as Shi Wenlin said, it is always a very sudden situation for an infected person to change from a human to a beast.

Everyone has more or less a certain degree of mutation, and the body can only be temporarily stable, and no one can predict when the remaining mutation will occur.

Many times, people didn't even have time to take the inhibitor before they completed the final mutation.

"In just an instant, he took away the last hope in my heart... From last night to now, I can't help but wonder if I can't wait in this life." Shi Wenlin said, eyes After a brief emptiness for a few seconds, after regaining consciousness, he sighed and asked, "How did you get here?"

Chu Ci: "On our way here, we encountered a giant flying beast, which brought us here."

"I see." Shi Wenlin nodded, "Migration is the instinct of most birds in the old world. Although new ecological species are constantly merging, there are still many flying beasts that retain this instinct. Their migration Cycles and directions vary, and their speeds are far faster than human vehicles...”

As Shi Wenlin spoke, he raised his eyes and asked, "Then go back, should we use the same method?"

Chai Yuening nodded: "I have a good memory and know the general direction of the Floating Void City."

Shi Wenlin said again: "But you should know that this world is huge, and it was just a coincidence that the giant beast brought you here."

"This world is so big, but there are still countless accidents happening." Chai Yuening smiled, "Before we came here, we didn't even have a direction. Now we have to go back, at least there is a direction. If there is a direction, people will not get lost .”

"Yes, yes..." Shi Wenlin responded in a deep voice, turning the wheelchair slightly, "You all come with me."

Shi Wenlin left the laboratory, Chai Yuening and Chu Ci followed.

The wheelchair was slowly moving forward, and Chai Yuening stepped forward to hold the handle on the back of the chair, and pushed him back to his residence amidst the old gentleman's guidance.

That was the place where she and Chu Ci met the old man for the first time.

With hands as dry as bark, Shi Wenlin dug out a silver-gray USB flash drive wrapped in paper towels from the small drawer under the wooden desk.

With great solemnity, he put it in Chai Yuening's palm.

That was the result of his life's research. He had imagined thousands of times that one day he would be able to hand it over with his own hands, and watched outsiders take it to a distant human base.

The people at the base in the fog zone have always wanted to return to the crowd, just like the rivers are about to flow into the sea.

Chai Yuening held the small USB flash drive tightly, feeling that the palm of her hand was carrying too much weight.

That is the glimmer of hope that human beings cling to with all their might in the midst of despair.

They set off, carrying two small backpacks, and left here quietly.

This time, Chai Yuening packed a light instrument for disinfecting meat and two spare batteries in the backpack, so that at least they would not starve to death on the way back.

Flying beasts are still a minority after all, and if there is no choice, the ones that run on the ground can barely be used.

It's just that most of the alien beasts living on the ground have a sense of territory. Occasionally, when they encounter the right direction, they will stop before they can go too far. In the end, they still have to find the sky to fly.

Because I have a direction, I am no longer as carefree as when I came here.

They changed trains along the way, and were carried by various strange beasts to make a detour, heading in a general direction, leaving the mountains and jungles, and stepping into the desolate and strange broken lanes of the old world.

Along the way, they saw herds of beasts fleeing against the current, large alien beasts pouncing on each other, and giant black vine flowers blooming in the thick fog looking up at the "flying birds" flying high in the sky.

I don't know if this strange return path has always been like this, or in just a few days, the ground ecology has undergone great changes.

This world is becoming more and more unreasonable for human beings. Does the isolated island of human beings seeking to survive in the sea of ​​clouds really exist?

Chai Yuening couldn't help but think, she was afraid of yaw, afraid that she would miss the isolated island in the thick fog, and also afraid that the isolated island had already fallen and turned into giant mushroom clouds rising behind her on the day she left.

With such uneasiness, she led Chu Ci to a path that might not be correct.

Chu Ci believed in her, as always, without changing.

This trust, while making her afraid of failing, made her move forward with a heavy burden.No matter how confused, he never stopped.

When another alien beast deviated, they took advantage of the time when the alien beast hunted close to the ground and returned to the ground.

This is a long-abandoned agricultural area. It used to be a small village, and the brick houses of the old world are already very dilapidated.Black vines crawled all around, and an iguana-like reptile lay quietly in a puddle.

It is only considered medium-sized among alien beasts, but to humans, it is already a bit terrifyingly large, and it can swallow a human with just opening its mouth.

Subconsciously, Chai Yuening took Chu Ci away, and before he took a few steps, he saw a "big bird" swooping down from a high altitude filled with dense fog, and instantly fought with the "iguana".

Strictly speaking, that's not a bird.

It is several meters long, with a bird's body, a crocodile-like head, and a giant tail with a hammer at the end of ankylosaurs.

The medium-sized beast was killed by it, and the victory came very easily. It kept hitting the dead prey with its tail hammer, and lowered its head to start eating.

Chai Yuening has seen too much predation among alien beasts, and is not interested in it at all.

But she just saw the dark brown wings of the big bird, and the thin rope tightly bound between the bird's feet, which had been smeared by mud and water so quickly that the original color could not be discerned.

Such a discovery left Chai Yuening speechless in shock.

It's hard to imagine that more than ten years ago, the people at the base in the fog area were still seeing it off. At that time, it was only the size of two humans.

Today, more than ten days later, it kept changing its appearance, and even turned into a large strange beast.

"Uncle Liu." Chu Ci also recognized it.

Why did they meet it on the way back to the floating city?

Chai Yuening couldn't help but have a question in her heart - where is it going?

She couldn't believe it, but couldn't help but touch the answer in her heart.

——I saw Liu Ding leave... A while ago, he told me during a routine inspection that he wanted to go back to Floating City even in his dreams.

Is it going home?

If there is still a trace of memory left.

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I'm too bad, I failed on the sixth day_(:з」∠)_Continue to work hard tomorrow.