Doomsday Wonderland: One thousand three hundred and seventeen
[My flight was delayed for 10 hours, so I sent an anti-theft alarm first so that I would have power to code on the plane, and I would update it after I landed...]
The place where Lu Ze fell could not have been worse - right at the gate. When Lin Sanjiu and Mather arrived, people from three floors inside and three outside had already surrounded the gate, blocking the exit. There were people in the crowd who wanted to go out, some who wanted to watch the excitement, some who shouted for help, some who cursed, and some who shouted to get out of the way... People were on their backs, and it was chaos.
Now Lin Sanjiu doesn't care about so many things. Anyone who dares to block the way in front of her will be thrown aside by her collar. Not long after, she led Mather into the center of the crowd amidst the murmurs of complaints.
Lu Ze fell to the ground with a pale face, his eyes closed tightly, and his body trembling slightly. His clothes were dusty, and there were several footprints on his legs. He probably fell down suddenly and was stepped on by someone behind him - Chen Jinfeng didn't know when he came, and he was squatting next to him, looking behind him. The crowd that was rolling in shouted loudly: "Everyone give way, someone in front has fainted, don't go any further here!"
As a cadre, his words naturally carry weight. Some people in the crowd who knew him also shouted a few words to disperse the crowd.
Mother smiled gratefully at him and said, "When did Cadre Chen come? Thank you so much."
Lin Sanjiu also nodded to him and put Lu Ze's arm on his shoulder. Seeing them helping Lu Ze up, Chen Jinfeng patted the ashes on his legs, stood up and said to the two of them: "Just come. There is a medical room in Building 38. You can take him to see it. No need. I'm worried about dinner, so I'll have it delivered to you."
"Thank you, but it's okay. This is an old problem!" Lin Sanjiu didn't explain much and said hurriedly: "We just take him back to his room to rest."
Chen Jinfeng nodded reservedly and left without saying anything more.
"I didn't expect that although Cadre Chen was a bit pretentious in his words, he was really a nice person." Mather supported the other side of Lu Ze's body and walked back with difficulty while sighing.
Lin Sanjiu nodded.
It is indeed not an easy task to squeeze through the hungry crowd and walk against the current - being bumped and pushed back several times by the crowd, Lin Sanjiu became impatient and simply became rude; After driving so many people, it was finally possible to return to Lu Ze's residence.
Putting him on the bed and lying down, the two embarrassed women had time to breathe. While waiting for Lu Ze to regain consciousness, the two of them sat on the ground and chatted.
"This morning, my evolutionary ability has also been upgraded." Lin Sanjiu said with a smile, "It seems that experiencing a dungeon has greatly stimulated our abilities."
Marthe nodded silently and suddenly sighed. "I don't know if mine will be upgraded..."
Mother's ability has always been a shortcoming among the three of them - her nails can only be used for blood drawing and analysis, and their texture is like glass and will break when touched. Therefore, if she encounters danger, she can only use some weapons at hand - but to be honest, although she is physically stronger than the average person, she is not a martial arts master after all.
In the past month or so, Lin Sanjiu has probably figured out something: the ability to evolve is like a knife, it will not become sharp unless it is polished. Like some of the few natural evolvers in the oasis, because they live a comfortable life and have no training, they can't even develop their physical abilities...
"It seems that you have to find opportunities to practice your skills." Lin Sanjiu said thoughtfully: "I have met two evolvers. Maybe they are willing to let you draw blood for analysis."
Then, she told Mather all about her experience this morning - starting from the walkie-talkie being picked up, to Xiaoyu's unusually harsh attitude, including the fact that the people in the oasis used pills to induce fertility. All said.
"...I don't know if I think too much. I always feel that I should be more cautious here." At the end, Lin Sanjiu concluded like this.
"Nonsense." Such a cool sentence suddenly sounded in the room.
Lin Sanjiu's body reaction was faster than her consciousness - as soon as she heard these two words, her skin seemed to notice something was wrong, and her hair stood up. Her and Mather's expressions froze, and they slowly turned their heads.
Lu Ze woke up at some point, leaning on the bed with one arm, raising an eyebrow and looking at them indifferently.
Lin Sanjiu had never seen this expression on Lu Ze's face - his facial features, hair, and everything remained the same - but with a change of expression, the aura around him was completely different. The youthful and vigorous temperament before was gone, replaced by a coldness like a cold pool. If Lu Ze was a talkative young man in the past, now he is something covered in human skin - like a human, but without any human flavor.
The tone is very different from before, making the voice sound different: "Why are you looking at me?"
As he spoke, he looked at his palms and nails with interest.
The atmosphere in the room was very strange - after Lu Ze asked this question, no one answered for a while.
In the silence, the sound of Mather swallowing saliva next to her seemed extremely loud. Then, she screamed "Ah——" as if she had a headache, grabbed her hair, and said to Lu Ze with a painful look on her face: "So you are next!"
"Wha, what, what's going on?" This was Lin Sanjiu who was confused about the situation.
Lu Ze seemed not to see the confusion on her face at all~IndoMTL.com~ sat up from the bed and put one hand on her chin. A vague and sarcastic smile gradually spread across his face like winter fog.
"The crop cycle has been shortened to 30 days? High temperature resistance? The ability of drugs to catalyze evolution? Do you really believe it like the pigs in the oasis?" His tone became softer, but the content was colder The hard ground can almost be said to be full of malice: "Are you all so frightened by the fallen species that you don't realize what this means?"
Lin Sanjiu stared blankly at this person whom she still recognized with only one face. She didn’t need to use her keen intuition to blurt out a sentence: "Who are you?"
This time, before "Lu Ze" could speak, Mather on the side said in a voice that was almost like a moan: "Xiaojiu, let me introduce you... This is Lu Ze's seventh person. Ge, Feng Qiqi."
Lin Sanjiu suddenly felt like his scalp was exploding and he stared at "Lu Ze" blankly.
Lu Ze—no, Feng Qiqi curled his lips towards her as if giving her charity, even if he smiled: "Lu Ze won't be out for a while, you'd better get used to me as soon as possible. ."