abyss rose

When she woke up the next day, there was no one beside Chai Yuening.

In the living room, the radio played soothing piano music softly, and Chai Yuening had the impression that it was a repertoire left over from the old world.

Chu Ci sat on the sofa, holding a book taken from the bookcase in his hand, which looked like a collection of poems.

Chai Yuening greeted casually, then turned and walked into the bathroom to wash up.

After washing up, she said she wanted to go downstairs for a walk, and Chu Ci followed as usual.

Maybe it was for protection, or maybe it was because they wanted to supervise. They lived not too far from the city defense center. After going downstairs, Chai Yuening wandered around the residential area for half a circle, then asked all the way, and walked towards the city defense center. go.

Chu Ci asked, "Do you want to ask the military to find something to do?"

Chai Yuening nodded.

Now that the base is in a sensitive period, anyone who enters or exits the main city needs permission from the military, and no one is an exception.

Chu Ci asked again: "Don't you need to call everyone?"

Chai Yuening didn't answer, but just asked back: "Do you know the difference between the inner and outer cities of the base?"

Chu Ci shook his head, doubts written in his eyes.

"Before the catastrophe broke out, people in the old world didn't know that the future ground would be completely occupied by black vines and alien beasts. What they feared most was the outbreak of nuclear war."

"At that time, the designers of the dungeon, with the support of the government, disregarded opposition and rejected all opinions, spent huge sums of money and used a lot of manpower and material resources to build a high-tech refuge underground at a depth of [-] meters below the capital. Place."

"There are dozens of abundant groundwater at the site of the refuge, very strong internal and external fortifications, thousands of specially designed ventilation pipes, power stations, signal stations, temperature control stations, and relatively complete transportation and entertainment , education, and medical systems, and a livestock planting area that successfully simulates ground light and heat, enough to accommodate 15 people moving underground for long-term survival.”

"At first, the government wanted to build such a shelter in every city, but from the moment it was designed, this kind of shelter was crazily resisted and reviled by most people in the old world, so this The plan was completely shelved after the first shelter was built. At that time, no one thought that after the catastrophe, it would become the last shelter of mankind."

"Survivors hid in the dungeon, continuously searched for and accommodated other survivors on the ground, and formed a brand-new human homeland." Chai Yuening said, looking around thoughtfully, and continued: "However, a dungeon can accommodate Human beings are really limited. After the catastrophe broke out, people in the old world tried to use nuclear force to defeat the unknown ecology, but they also destroyed the entire old world and the technology tree of humans in the old world. People can no longer build a second such There is a strong refuge, but even if the ground rescue is stopped, humans will still breed and the population will still increase, so the base has an outer city."

"The outer city was excavated later. The traffic is poor, the medical level is low, the power, communication, temperature control and ventilation systems are not stable, and some areas collapse from time to time." Chai Yuening said, "The main city has set up a A complicated set of standards settled all the eliminated people in the outer city, and stipulated that the residents of the outer city could not enter the main city without permission... Many people who were born in the outer city worked hard all their lives just to enter the main city and become A man who is regarded as a gentleman."

"Although I know that my contribution to the base is enough for me to enter the main city, but when the outer city is about to cease to exist and the number of places in the main city is limited, everyone in our team can transfer to the main city as soon as possible. Need to pass any qualification test, it is indeed in Lu Qi's honor... Xue Zhou wants him to live, as long as he is willing to return to the main city, a few places are not a problem." Chai Yuening said here, shaking his head mockingly "It's so dangerous inside and outside the base now, he doesn't want Lu Qi to leave his protection range, if I take him with me, then I really can only be a security guard in the safest residential area of ​​the main city."

Chu Ci pondered for a moment, then said softly: "That major general is very concerned about Lu Qi."

Chai Yuening: "He is his brother-in-law."

Chu Ci: "But Lu Qi doesn't seem to like him very much."

Chai Yuening: "Yeah, not only dislike, but disgust."

Chu Ci: "Shouldn't you be happy when someone treats you well?"

"That kid joined the team three years ago. He has undergone very formal military training, and his skills and marksmanship are very good. If he enters the army in the main city, he will definitely have a bright future, but he insists on bringing all his abilities with him. Running to the outer city to be a mercenary, no one will understand if they read it?" Chai Yuening said, smiling with lowered eyebrows, "But this is a person's choice, facing or escaping is all in one thought."

"Did something happen three years ago?" Chu Ci asked softly.

"Well." Chai Yuening said, "Lu Qi's sister died. She was originally a medical staff in the isolation center, but she died under the gun of her husband due to an accidental infection and mutation."

Chu Ci: "..."

Chai Yuening: "Sometimes I also think, if it were me, would I be able to forgive?"

Chu Ci: "Then can you?"

Chai Yuening: "I don't know, things didn't happen to me, I can't empathize with them, but I know what it's like to lose someone I care about, and I understand that he can't let go."

Chu Ci didn't speak any more, but silently followed Chai Yuening all the way to the city defense center of the main city.

Chai Yuening said something to the guard at the gate, and when someone came in to report, she took Chu Ci and stood against the cold glass wall outside the city defense center.

Not long after, an officer came down from upstairs and walked towards them.

He was wearing a neat military uniform, looked to be in his early forties, was tall, had deep and resolute eyes, and didn't seem like a talkative person.

Chai Yuening stood up straight: "Major General Xue."

Xue Zhou: "Captain Chai, what's the matter here so early?"

Chai Yuening: "I want to see if there is anything in the base that I can help."

Xue Zhou: "After the base has shrunk the defense line, the military can handle all the current situations. The transfer of personnel in the second and ninth districts is also proceeding in an orderly manner. Captain Chai doesn't need to worry about it. Wait until the outer city is settled. Now, once the growing season is over, the base will need Captain Chai's help."

Everything is as Chai Yuening expected, the greatest wish of this military major general now is that Chai Yuening can lead the No.13 mercenary team to live in the main city with peace of mind until the day when the risk of the base is lifted.

But this is not what Chai Yuening wanted. She took two steps forward and begged: "Major General Xue, I didn't tell the rest of the team when I came out today. Let me follow the military. I can do whatever I want. I can escort The transfer of personnel from the outer city can also go to the occupied city to help the base search for research samples. I have enough combat experience in front of alien beasts, I don’t want to just wait like this, I..."

"Captain Chai, the base has always recognized your ability." Xue Zhou looked at Chai Yuening and said in a deep voice, "However, when the result cannot be changed, the more you do, the more painful it will be. We are all mortals, all flesh and blood In this situation, it is impossible for anyone to keep the outer city, so you don't have to be so harsh on yourself."

Chai Yuening bit her lower lip unconsciously.

She lowered her eyebrows, struggled for a long time, finally raised her head, and said seriously: "I still hope to do something for the base, and I promise that I will return to the main city within the specified time."

She said, looking firmly at the major general in front of her: "I don't think that wanting to do something is to be harsh on myself. On the contrary, if I just hide in the main city like this before everything comes, I won't do anything." If I don’t do it, I’m afraid I will regret it for the rest of my life.”

At that moment, the officer in front of him fell silent for a while.

After an unknown amount of time, he sighed softly and said to Chai Yuening: "Dr. Ge hopes to obtain more new samples before the outer city is blown up."

"I can!" Chai Yuening was immediately delighted.

"Follow me." Xue Zhou said, turned and walked into the city defense center.

Chai Yuening hurriedly followed behind him, turned around and greeted Chu Ci.

The next step is to get the approval documents for mercenaries to join the team, the permission to enter and leave the main city, the issuance of military communicators, and some time limit instructions.

Due to the needs of Dr. Ge and Guang, the military has a team consisting of two squads fully armed and will set off to the outer city at [-]:[-] noon to search for brand new mutation samples.

They are going to the entrance of the main city, and with the team approval documents in their hands, they will join the team.

At the moment when all the formalities were completed, Chai Yuening finally showed a hint of relief on his face.

She pulled Chu Ci's wrist and walked towards the exit of the city defense center.

Suddenly, the person beside him stopped.

Chai Yuening turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chu Ci looked at her for a long time, hesitant to speak, and finally broke free from her hand, turned around and ran towards the office of the major general.

Chai Yuening subconsciously chased after her, all the way to the fourth floor of the city defense center, and pushed open the recently closed office door again.

The major general, who had just finished replying to a newsletter, stood in front of the file cabinet, turned around and looked at them with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

I saw Chu Ci walking forward with firm eyes, and stretched out his clenched left hand to him.

She spread her hand, and a broken, congealed, blood-colored square body, less than five millimeters wide, lay quietly in her palm.

Chai Yuening subconsciously walked forward, reached out and tugged at her arm: "What are you doing?"

Chu Ci: "Major General, Floating Void City has always kept in mind the agreement with the dungeon, and decided to provide reinforcements as soon as it discovered that the dungeon lost contact, but because it was impossible to get in touch, it was difficult to locate the dungeon, so we had to send advance troops through the foggy area Geographical exploration was carried out, but the ecological deterioration of the foggy area far exceeded our imagination. All members of the exploration team died except me."

Chai Yuening: "..."

"This is the tracking and positioning system implanted in my body." Chu Ci looked down at the square body in the palm of his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Because it was damaged in the fog area, it cannot be activated for the time being. If it can be repaired, the floating city will definitely be able to." Position here."

As she spoke, she raised her eyes to look at the person in front of her, and asked very seriously in an almost innocent tone: "If I hand it over to you, can I give the outer city a little more time?"

Xue Zhou asked vigilantly, "Who are you?"

Chu Ci: "Floating Void City, experimental sample A0027, Chu Ci."

Chai Yuening: "..."

It turned out that the "hope", which was less than the size of a fingernail, was a shackle that an experimental subject plucked out of flesh and blood.

As long as she is a little more selfish, she can throw it away completely.

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Ah, she loves her so much【Top the pot and run away】