abyss rose

Chai Yuening felt that it was necessary to get to know Chu Ci again.

She has the right to suspect that Chu Ci's previous quiet and obedient appearance is just a normal disguise made by a non-human being mixed into the crowd.

Now, the non-human beings are exposed, the showdown is over, and they stop pretending, so they are not as easy to get along with as before.

But one thing Chu Ci said was true. The bed in the guest room was huge, much bigger than the one in her home. We were all women. If they didn't mind each other, there was really no need for anyone to sleep on the floor.

The atmosphere in this room is a bit subtle, but in the final analysis, only those who care about these things will think wildly.

"Then...then feel free, I'll take a shower first..." Chai Yuening said, turned around and walked into the bathroom, staring at the bathtub covered with petals in a daze.

The bathtub is translucent, with two headrests, six knobs, a faucet, and many holes and bumps all around and at the bottom for no apparent purpose.

There are some incomprehensible tips written on the side of the knob.

What surfing, water curtain, bubbles, colored lights, temperature control...

Chai Yuening can't understand this rich man's stuff.

She studied for a long time, but she couldn't find the water outlet. She was embarrassed when she saw Chu Ci walk in, walked forward without saying a word, looked for a few seconds, and got the water out in two or three strokes.

The sides of the bathtub began to pour water down like a waterfall, the water temperature was adjusted in a comfortable area, and the sound of the water rang in the ears.

"Have you ever used this?" Chai Yuening was dumbfounded.

"Forgot." Chu Ci responded lightly.

The sentence "forgot" seemed to be the universal sentence pattern of this alien.

Chai Yuening choked for a moment, with a doubt in her heart, she wanted to ask, but she was afraid that she would not get an answer, so she offended the person in front of her.

She hesitated to speak for a while, and finally didn't ask anything, just smiled a little embarrassedly: "You are still amazing, I can't figure out these things... such a big thing, even if you have money to buy it, the family can buy it." The toilet can’t fit, how can there be a shower head?”

As Chai Yuening said, she looked at the bathtub that was about to be filled with water, and froze in embarrassment.

Under normal circumstances, outsiders need to retreat when taking a bath.

But when Chu Ci came in, the water was also opened by Chu Ci. The bathtub was obviously big enough for two people to wash together, and there were even two headrests on it.

Now that the water is almost full, should she ask Chu Ci to go out, or should she politely ask Chu Ci if he wants to wash together?

Or, she can say nothing, wash her own, Chu Ci will be together if she wants to, and she will go out if she doesn't want to.

This is obviously a very simple question, but Chai Yuening got entangled without knowing it.

When she regained consciousness, the water in the bathtub was about to overflow, and a light mist of water enveloped the entire bathroom.

Chu Ci reached out and closed the bathtub spout for her, turned around and walked out of the bathroom, closing the door behind him.

Chai Yuening froze for a few seconds, took off her clothes in a daze, and dragged her tired body into the bathtub.

The comfortable warm water engulfed the whole body, and the tense nerves and sore right arm all got a little relief at this moment.

The sticky feeling of sweat and blood is washed away after changing the water.

Based on the idea that it is rare to live in this kind of place once, and good things are not in vain, Chai Yuening tried to turn on the other knobs.

For a while, colorful lights flashed in the bathtub, red, blue, green, purple, and I don't know how many colors began to flash back and forth.

The hole on the back of the shoulder suddenly sprayed water forward, and the multiple protrusions at the bottom began to vibrate, which scared her even more.

The fright is short-lived.

Chai Yuening hastily turned off the colored lights that were inexplicable to her, lay down in the surf and enjoyed the massage at the bottom of the bathtub.

The slight tingling and numbness brought by surfing and massage made Chai Yuening, who was finally completely relaxed, feel like a big dream after escaping death.

This feeling made her suddenly start thinking wildly uncontrollably.

What is the origin of Chu Ci who was picked up by her from the foggy area outside?

Could the sudden evacuation of the animals in the control room of the ventilation system be related to the mist released by Chu Ciwai?

If this is the case, then the night she picked up Chu Ci in the fog area, did the giant beasts and herd of beasts that passed by them also suffer from some kind of similar influence, so they consciously avoided them?

So that night, they walked on foot until dawn and were not attacked by any strange beasts. Does it have something to do with Chu Ci?

Is Chu Ci a human being who retains self-awareness after being infected by a strange beast, or a strange beast of unknown level that acquires human thinking after devouring humans?

Does that body, the identity of that floating city really belong to her?

The abnormalities she showed at the beginning, did she really have cognitive amnesia, or was she in the initial stage of adapting to and imitating humans?

Was it a coincidence that she came to the dungeon base, or was it inevitable?

On these issues, Chu Ci obviously concealed too much.

The only thing Chai Yuening can be sure of is that Chu Ci has no hostility towards human beings, and is even willing to advance and retreat with her.

Chai Yuening couldn't help thinking, if Chu Ci was an infected human being, how could a human being, a young girl who looked less than 20 years old, be so calm in the face of death, whether it was dangerous to hurt others or close to herself, They were all so calm as if they were just spectators?

But if Chu Ci is a strange beast that devours humans and mutates, then she, who has been living in the fog zone, should know nothing about the human world, and why does she have the consciousness of "knowing things but not knowing things"? Intellectual amnesia?

Base scholars have clearly said that human self-awareness is not worth mentioning in front of the genetic infection brought by alien beasts.

Numerous studies have proved that once a gene is infected and mutated, human cognition and memory will completely dissipate in a short period of time, and there is almost no possibility of survival.

But Chu Ci is not the same as those strange beasts.

She looks like a vine?

Scientists have never said that black vine can infect humans.

Etc., etc……

Chai Yuening couldn't help frowning, she seemed to remember where she had heard a radio broadcast, and there was something mentioned in the radio... the direction of the fusion of black vines and humans to fight infection.

That's right, she remembered hearing it, but she couldn't remember the specific content.

so……

Should she hand over this vine to the base research institute?

A sudden thought made Chai Yuening shudder in the water.

She simply couldn't understand, let alone forgive that momentary thought.

She has been to the research institute in the main city, and she has seen too many samples that were mutated during the isolation period and then transferred to live research.

The research institute will not treat a heterogeneous species as a human being.

Chai Yuening shook her head vigorously, walked out of the bathtub where the water temperature was getting colder, grabbed a white towel, and continued to think wildly while wiping her wet hair.

Thinking about it, she glanced at the blood-stained clothes out of the corner of her eye.

Awkward……

I forgot to bring my bathrobe.

Ben was also silent in the delicate atmosphere of the fun room.

The bathroom, which had been closed for a long time, was suddenly opened a crack from the inside, and warm water vapor squeezed out along the gap, carrying a faint scent of shower gel and shampoo.

Chai Yuening poked out half of her head: "Chu Ci, help me get the bathrobe."

Chu Ci, who was sitting in a daze on the swing, came back to his senses, and looked up at the two bathrobes hanging beside him.

Chai Yuening said, "That's it."

Chu Ci stood up, took one of the pieces, and handed it over to her.

A few minutes later, the bathroom door opened again, and Chai Yuening came out wrapped in a large bathrobe.

"I've wiped the bathtub, you can use it directly." Chai Yuening said while wiping her head, "Don't touch the wound with water, I'll change the medicine for you tomorrow."

"Yeah." Chu Ci nodded, and walked in with a clean bathrobe.

"that……"

"Ok?"

Chai Yuening pointed to the injury on Chu Ci's right arm: "If it's inconvenient, I can help."

As soon as the words were finished, a slender vine branch was seen protruding from Chu Ci's fingertips, and the door closed with a "snap".

Chai Yuening: "..."

Well, it seems that plants are very convenient to take a bath.

Chai Yuening let out a heavy breath, walked to the bed and sat down, and glanced at the pocket watch.

It turned out that it was past seven o'clock.

Chai Yuening kicked off her slippers, opened her arms, and lay down heavily on her back. The soft water seemed to be rippling under her body, and her sore limbs seemed to be lifted and floated by something suddenly. The tiredness of the whole day hit her overwhelmingly in this second. Come.

She thought, no matter what will happen tomorrow, just let yourself go today.

She thought, even if she woke up the next day and was really buried by the black vine, now she doesn't want to struggle any more.

She thought, also living in the outer city, how could Youlan's life be so much more comfortable than hers?

Thinking about it, she used her last waking consciousness to roll sideways twice, leaving enough space for Chu Ci.

Half asleep and half awake, the pink and purple lights in the room were turned off.

The round bed trembled for a while, someone lay down behind her, covered her with a thin quilt, and then quietly fell asleep with her.

She slept in the same bed as a mutant.

Chai Yuening was thinking in a daze.

Thinking about it, my thoughts drifted into a dreamland that would not leave memory.

When I woke up again, it was time for my stomach to start beating drums.

Chai Yuening sat up with her shaggy hair on her head, and there was a dull pain on both sides of her head, and the soreness in her right arm was a bit stronger than last night.

She scratched her hair a few times sleepily, and was about to yawn big when she heard a very light and thin laughter coming from behind her left side.

"...Morning." She almost forgot that there was a person lying beside her.

"Morning." Chu Ci put away his smile and responded softly.

Chai Yuening subconsciously smoothed her hair with her fingers.

"I've washed all the clothes," Chu Ci said.

"Yeah." Chai Yuening responded, remembering that Chu Ci still had injuries on his hands, she couldn't help frowning, "Leave it alone and I'll wash it."

"Then it will take another half a day to do it."

"……you're right."

The bathrobes on their bodies are always difficult to wear out, and they can only stay in the hotel until the clothes dry.

Chai Yuening raised her head, saw the wet clothes hanging on the hanger through the thin pink gauze curtain, and was filled with emotion for a moment.

If nothing happened yesterday, they would probably be sitting at home bored now, reading some books and listening to the radio.

And Du Xia will accompany her grandma in District [-], and Lonicera Lu Qi and Lao Xiang must have already visited the virtual ecological area in the main city.

If nothing happened yesterday, after a while, after the approval from the military, supplies will be distributed to the mercenary team, and everyone will stop taking vacations, drive that noisy and bumpy car, and go together like before. Go to the ground to perform the mission.

Strange to say, everyone is obviously just ordinary people who bleed and get hurt, but once they get together, they seem to be able to overcome all difficulties.

Chai Yuening was thinking ecstatically, but a voice pulled her back from her thoughts.

"Chai Yuening."

"Ok?"

"Are you thinking of Du Xia and the others?"

"Ah."

Chu Ci sat up, hugged his knees in silence for a while, and said softly, "Everyone will be fine."

"En!" Chai Yuening nodded.

She knew that this was just a word of comfort, but she also really believed that the teammates who had been with her through life and death so many times would be able to be successfully transferred to a safe area and reunite with her soon.

Before that, she felt that it was necessary for her to meet Youlan.

***

Under the pink-purple light, in the pale pink gauze, a woman with big waves dyed in gradient brown is sitting sideways on the water bed with her legs crossed.

It was a very beautiful woman, with a dark green silk cheongsam wrapped in a curvaceous and graceful figure.Her face is small, round but not fat, with willow-leaf eyebrows, a cherry mouth, her eyes are not too big, the tails of her eyes are slightly raised like a fox, and every frown and smile carries a delicate, mature and charming style.

Everyone has a love for beauty. No matter where she appears or who she meets, such a woman can't help but look at her a few more times.

If she could be a mute, then she would be more perfect in Chai Yuening's heart.

"The price for one night here is [-]. Captain Chai asked for two rooms, so it's [-]." You Lan said, "Considering that Captain Chai just escaped from death in District [-], the financial loss should be quite big. Everything can be owed first."

"You didn't mention money last night."

"Oh, didn't you forget it?" Youlan smiled, "It's all your fault. You asked me for help before the electricity came. I was so sleepy at the time, how could I remember so much?"

"You said earlier that I would sleep in the car." Chai Yuening said dissatisfied.

"Don't be so stingy, old friend, what's wrong with taking care of my business?" Youlan said, raising his eyebrows and looking at Chai Yuening who was wrapped in a large bathrobe, and then at Chu Ci who was also wrapped in a large bathrobe on the swing, He said in an ambiguous tone, "I think you've spent your money well. Isn't the exquisite happiness of an adult worth the price?"

Chai Yuening: "Don't talk nonsense."

Youlan: "Who doesn't know that you brought her back to your home after you fished her out from Ban Xiangming? Don't be shy, I've been here for so long, I haven't seen any kind of person ? Those things after turning off the lights, as long as the eyes are right, gender is not a problem."

Chai Yuening was speechless for a while.

This person speaks well when he speaks, what is the reason for his ending to pick up all the time?

Youlan: "Captain Chai, you didn't call me here just to show off your achievements last night, did you?"

Chai Yuening almost spat out a mouthful of old blood: "I...what have I achieved?"

Youlan: "Hey, I'm sorry, how calm is your baby?"

Chai Yuening turned to look at Chu Ci, and Chu Ci also looked at her, his eyes seemed a little dazed.

She understood that this little alien didn't understand what Youlan was saying at all. It seems that the stupidity of being sent to the detention center by Youlan was really not a show.

Chai Yuening took a deep breath, didn't bother to explain to Youlan, and said directly: "I won't talk to you about this, I really need you."

Anyway, Chu Ci couldn't understand, so as long as she wasn't embarrassed, no one else in the room would be embarrassed.

Youlan changed his sitting position, admiring the newly-made nails with lowered eyebrows, and asked lightly, "What's the matter?"

"I'm going to send someone to District [-], and then maybe to District [-] or District [-]." Chai Yuening said, "I need more powerful guns and ammunition supplies. The more the better."

Youlan frowned slightly, and said softly: "I heard that the risk of the seven lost urban areas is almost the same as that of the high-risk areas on the ground."

"I know." Chai Yuening continued, "So if it's possible, I still want a military armored vehicle, the one that Luo Kun also got before, not to buy it, I can't afford it, so I want to borrow a few God, it will be paid back."

"You...really going?"

"There really isn't that kind of thing, it's okay if it's a little bit worse, anyway, it won't be worse than our team's." Chai Yuening said, taking out all the money from his pocket, "I have so much on me, If it’s not enough, can you owe it first?”

Yulan couldn't help falling into silence for a while.

Chai Yuening thought about it, and felt that these demands were indeed a little too much.

Going to a city that has already been occupied at such a time may not be much different from seeking death in the eyes of others. Youlan is a shrewd woman who knows how to do business, and it should be impossible to accept an IOU signed by a person who may die at any time.

So she changed her words indifferently: "Forget it, you see how much money you can get, just get me some."

Youlan hesitated for a while, and finally took the money from Chai Yuening.

"Then wait for me for a day or two, it's really troublesome." She said, stood up, stepped on her black high heels, and walked gracefully to the door of the guest room.

The moment she opened the door, she turned around and took a look at Chai Yuening, and said, "I'm afraid you'll be too cold after a few good days in your life, so let's save your rent for two days, someone here will deliver meals regularly, Rest assured and wait for my news."

Chai Yuening: "..."

The door closed, and only she and Chu Ci were left in the room.

The person who spoke badly left, and Chai Yuening sighed with complicated emotions.

Chu Ci tapped his toes to the ground, causing the swing to swing slightly again.

After a long silence, she raised her eyes and asked softly, "What did Boss You just say?"

Chai Yuening didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a while: "She thought I was going to die, so she realized her conscience and decided to take pity on me before I died."

Chu Ci: "She said that gender is not a problem after turning off the lights, what does that mean?"

Chai Yuening: "..."

Chu Ci: "She said you had results last night, what does that mean?"

Chai Yuening: "..."

These days, is the thirst for knowledge of other species so strong?

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The author has something to say:

Come, come, the hand speed is a bit slow, first update [-], and write the rest slowly when I wake up.

Weibo posted the love story of Chai Yuening and Chu Ci, if you are interested, you can check it out.