Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

The streets were desolate and silent in the dark night, with only a few dim street lamps flickering in disrepair, illuminating the empty road surface.

The doors of the shops along the street were closed and the windows were covered with dust.

There was an eerie silence in the streets and alleys, as if the whole city had fallen asleep.

A man in a black coat walked calmly on the street.

"Wait for me!"

A white figure approached him quickly and finally landed on him.

"Why aren't you waiting for anyone?"

"Why do you do this?" Li Shen's voice was indifferent and cold.

"What?" The little white tiger didn't understand what he meant.

Li Shen didn't say anything else, but Little White Tiger realized that he was asking her why she helped the mutant.

"The body is just a container; consciousness is the foundation. As long as his consciousness is still there, there's still hope."

"He is no longer human."

Can a person who does not look like a human be considered a human being?

"He has human consciousness."

"Why can't I be considered human?"

Isn't it because humans have a 'soul' and emotional consciousness that we are called human beings?

There is also that 'person', so why can't he be considered a human being?

Does it have to be humanoid?

She didn't understand what Li Shen was struggling with.

Li Shen didn't say anything and just walked ahead in silence.

The little white tiger curled her lips and looked at the frost on the ground. She knew that the man was unhappy again.

"Okay, okay, maybe he'll be back to normal later."

Everything happens for a reason, like wandering bodies.

After saying this, Li Shen, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and asked, "What do you mean?"

The little white tiger lifted its tail. Sure enough, the cold-blooded and heartless guy looked unexpectedly like someone who wanted to save the world.

Hey, got it.

"Want to know?" She stretched out on the ground with her pink paw pads slightly spread out. "The pebbles on the ground are almost scratching my paws~"

Li Shen understood immediately, took a few steps back and picked her up, feeling the feather-light weight in his hands and couldn't help but frowning.

so light?

"explain."

The touch of the kitten in his arms was very soft, just like holding a warm baby, and it even had a faint fragrance that was very familiar to him.

The little white tiger found a comfortable position and lay down.

"Since he can retain some human characteristics, it proves that he already has the substance or power within him that can suppress human mutation."

"Maybe when he reaches a higher level he'll be able to excrete these substances on his own, and then he'll be able to return to normal."

Li Shen had already brought the kitten to the somewhat dilapidated high-rise building where he lived.

"Upgrading is not an easy task."

This time he chose to take the elevator instead of the stairs.

When humans built the safe city, most of the robots were taken away. Now people no longer care about the alien energy and wandering bodies in the outside world, and have begun to resume their previous lives on the ground.

Many old equipment have also been restored to use.

Many people live in this place now, and the basic facilities have been repaired, so the elevator can be used, but he is used to walking up the stairs.

I pressed the button for the 18th floor, and the rusty elevator door slowly closed.

"As long as we're alive, there's hope. We can upgrade slowly."

She lazily stretched out her little paws in Li Shen's arms and played with his coat.

This man, looks cold and heartless, but actually...

Tsk tsk.

When Li Shen heard her words, his eyes were a little dazed. Is there... hope if he is still alive?

But this hope is too slim...Is there anyone who can still wait?

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Li Shen still suspected her, but not only did she not hurt anyone today, she even saved people, which made Li Shen a little confused, but he also understood that she should not be a new type of wandering body.

"I told you, I'll follow you."

"Besides, I know a lot of things. You want to save people, so taking me with you might be of great help."

"Can you guarantee that no one will be killed?" Li Shen opened the door and turned on the light, and asked lightly.

"Of course, you are more dangerous than me." She naturally jumped off Li Shen's arms and ran to the sofa.

Li Shen felt his arms go empty, and a strange feeling arose in his heart. He lowered his eyes to brush away this strange feeling.

"understood."

"You can stay, but don't go into the bedroom." Li Shen said, then walked into the bedroom and closed the door.

Little white tiger: "..." Strange!

Turning to look at the windowsill, the pot of jasmine that should have been placed there was gone.

Apparently, someone took him back to the room.

It's really annoying.

Unhappily, she found a good spot on the sofa and fell asleep.

*

The sky was bright, and the bright light shone directly on the sofa without any obstruction. The little white tiger was annoyed by the glare and buried his head in the gap between the sofa pillows and continued to sleep.

She had used up a lot of energy yesterday and was feeling sleepy.

When Li Shen woke up, he saw this inexplicably cute scene.

He silently placed the flowerpot in the sun, then skillfully ate his simple breakfast, a steamed bun and a glass of milk.

Such a simple configuration is considered good in this world.

The soil outside is no longer suitable for growing food, and the food sold in the safe city is limited and the price is expensive.

Evols may be able to survive better if they can deal with high-level wandering bodies, but ordinary people can only beat wandering bodies below level 15. If the level is higher, they will not be able to beat them and may even be killed or infected and mutated.

You can imagine what they can afford with the cores they earn.

When Li Shen had almost finished eating, the little white tiger slowly woke up. Its black eyes were a little uncomfortable with the light and became very thin. It took several seconds for them to slowly become round.

"I want to eat too~"

When she turned around and saw Li Shen eating gracefully at the dining table, she hurried over.

But the plate on the table was empty.

Li Shen put down the cup, looked at the drooping cat in front of him and coughed softly, "Sorry, I'm not used to it."

He had always been alone, so he was not used to having a "pet". For a moment, he did not think of preparing something for her.

"There's no cat food. I'll go buy some." Li Shen picked up his coat and stood up.

I don’t know if I can buy it.

"Who ate cat food?"

"I want to eat meat, meat that humans eat!" the little white tiger said unhappily.

Who is the cat? Who is being insulted?

Can’t you see the big word “王” on her head?

When Li Shen heard her unhappy words, he did not refute her. He just put down his coat and turned to go to the kitchen.

A few minutes later he brought out the same breakfast he had before, a white steamed bun and a bowl of milk.

The white steamed buns were even carefully cut into small pieces, and the milk was placed in a bowl.

"You're just going to eat this?" She was a little surprised.

This person...

Li Shen thought she was dissatisfied, so he thought for a moment and put a piece of chocolate on the plate.

"Eat."

Little White Tiger looked at the extremely 'simple' breakfast in front of him, then looked up at the man's somewhat muscular figure, somewhat puzzled. How could he have such a good figure by eating such food?

How do those who exercise every day survive?

I want to complain about something but when I think about the terrible state of this world, I’m afraid this kind of food is not easy to get. Forget it, I’ll just make do with it.

She doesn't have to eat to replenish energy like humans. She doesn't need to eat at all. She only eats because she wants to taste it.

The steamed bun was not big, about the size of an adult man's fist, and could be finished in a few bites. After drinking the milk, she pushed the chocolate and the plate in front of Li Shen.

"I'm full." Then he jumped off the dining table without waiting for Li Shen to refuse.

"..."

Finally, Li Shen ate the chocolate, cleaned up the table and kitchen, changed his clothes, and went out of the city to fight wandering bodies.

A lot of stray bodies wander outside the city every day. Whether it is for the core or safety, the evol people living here will go out of the city every day to hunt stray bodies.

As for the stray bodies in the city, they are few in number and low in level, and ordinary people can deal with them with weapons, so Evol players rarely hunt stray bodies in the city.

Life is not easy for everyone, so there is no need for them to compete with ordinary people.

When Li Shen went out, the little white tiger naturally followed him. She didn't want to be alone at home.

The entire city is surrounded by some building ruins and some car frames, and the main gate is two very wide red iron gates.

This 'city wall' was built by those who survived the chaos.

Although it looks very low-quality, it is actually quite useful. The things that link these are the evol of some people with special evol, and they played a big role when a group of low-level wandering bodies attacked!

"Mr. Li? Are you going out again today?" An Evol guarding near the wall looked at Li Shen who was approaching with some curiosity.

Mr. Li's time for going out of town to fight wandering bodies is very fixed, he goes every other day, but he just went yesterday, so he should be resting today.

"Well, that's troublesome."

"Uh, it's no trouble, no trouble. Thanks to you, Lincheng can live a relatively stable life." The man on duty waved his hands in panic. How could he tolerate Li Shen's politeness?

The Evol levels of these people are not high. If it weren't for Li Shen, a high-level Evol user, who went out every day to clean up the stray bodies wandering around, I'm afraid that the interior of Lincheng would have been trampled to pieces long ago.

He quickly opened the door and said, "Mr. Li, the weather is cold now and it's getting dark quickly. You'd better come back early."

"understood."

Li Shen walked out of the gate and stood at the railing beside it. He got on a somewhat worn electric motorcycle and prepared to set off.

"Ouch!!!"

An angry cry rang out.

"Hey, you can't go out!" The person on duty saw a clean and snow-white little white tiger about to go out and hurriedly stopped it.

It's obvious that this little guy is not something that ordinary people can afford to raise. If he gets killed by stray animals while leaving the city, he will be in trouble when his owner comes looking for him.

"Roar!"

The little white tiger slightly lowered its front paws, making an attacking posture. Although its roar was a genuine tiger roar, due to its small size and immature voice, it sounded more like a cat's meow.

Li Shen "......"

Hearing this noise, Li Shen remembered that he seemed to have overlooked something.

Oh, that guy didn't catch up.

I stopped the car and went back inside, only to see the little white tiger nimbly dodging the guards to avoid being hit.

"Ouch!"

The moment Xiao Meng saw Li Shen, she immediately ran towards him and roared fiercely.

Damn man! How could you even forget me?!

Where are your eyes?!

If she hadn't been agile, she would have been hit by someone she didn't know!

angry!

The guard was shocked to see her running straight over like that.

"Hey, little one! You can't go there!" After saying that, he wanted to go up and save her.

Mr. Li is notoriously cold-blooded and ruthless. Everyone fears him more than respects him. After all, he can kill without hesitation even those who show signs of infection but still have human consciousness.

Although everyone knows that it is for everyone's good, it does not stop everyone from being afraid of him.

If this kitten runs over like this, it might be frozen into an ice sculpture, right?

This won’t work, but the next second he froze in place.

Because the kitten, who he thought would be frozen into an ice cube by Li Shen, was so arrogant that it not only tore Li Shen's black trouser legs into pieces but also kept yelling at him.

It seems that the curse is quite dirty.

And that cold-blooded Mr. Li just listened quietly.

"Mr. Li..." After hesitating for a moment, the guard felt that the kitten could still be saved. He swallowed his saliva and stepped forward cautiously.

Li Shen raised his eyes slightly and said calmly, "She is following me, don't worry."

"Is...is that so?" The guard was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head awkwardly.

He asked how such a cute kitten could suddenly appear.

"That's really a misunderstanding, haha."

"But, Mr. Li, it's dangerous outside the city. Will taking her with you..." The guard looked at the snow-white and clean kitten with some worry.

Li Shen: “No.”

When the little white tiger heard someone looking down on him, he withdrew one of his claws that was grabbing Li Shen's trouser leg, half-stood on one paw and made a fisting gesture.

Don’t look down on me, I’m super awesome, okay?

Stupid person.

The guard was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene, and then laughed a little, "This kitten is so cute."

It was the first time he had seen such a lively kitten since the world went into chaos.

Li Shen seemed to be amused by her action. He nodded to the guard, picked up Xiao Meng and walked towards the motorcycle.

"What are you doing? Let me go!" Xiao Meng felt the man's slightly cold big hand grabbing her neck, and she immediately struggled unhappily.

"Can you speak now?" Li Shen moved his wrist, and Xiao Meng suddenly became unable to move.

He walked to the motorcycle and placed her on the seat.

"Humph! If there hadn't been outsiders there just now, I would have cursed him out!"

How dare you abandon her?! Do you have any sense of partnership?

You were staring at her closely a few days ago, how come you don’t like her now?

Li Shen also felt that he was a little unfair just now, so he loosened his grip a little. "I'm not used to it. Sorry."

"Humph."

Xiao Meng held her front paws and raised her head proudly.

"Here you go. I'll pay attention next time." Li Shen looked at her and thought for a while, then took out a bow-knot candy and handed it to her.

He has always been alone and is really not used to having someone around him.

For a moment, he didn't even think about it. If he hadn't heard her loud but non-threatening cry just now, he would have found the stray body and started fighting.