Chapter 15: On the Way Back
In front of it is a column resembling a sacrificial altar, with some strange figures carved on the pillar, and a wooden box placed on the top of the column, which is not discernible of what material it is.
Ye Yiran looked down at the rhubarb, and seeing that it was so excited, he believed that what was placed there was a good thing. Walk up to the column in the center and reach out to take the box.
As soon as his palm was attached to the box, a slight tingling pain suddenly came from his palm. He suddenly withdrew his palm, checked it and found that his hand was not abnormal, then gave up, and instead looked at the box in front of him in disbelief. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he just stared at it motionlessly.
There was a sound of footsteps behind him, Ye Yiran looked back, and saw that it was Fang Huiru and a few people who rushed over and then turned his head to stare at the box. He wasn't sure if he was going to take it, after all, the city had been abandoned for a long time, but this thing had been put down in a place like this.
The few people who finally caught up saw him staring at a box and didn't react, so they curiously stepped forward to look at the box. However, they saw that Ye Yiran didn't take it away, and they also thought that there was any mechanism here, so they stayed by and waited for Ye Yiran to come up with an idea.
In the end, Ye Yiran took a deep breath and reached out to pick up the box, this time there didn't seem to be anything abnormal. I put it in the palm of my hand and looked at it over and over again, and without any mechanism, I carefully opened the box.
There was a strange stone lying quietly in the box, the color of gray, and if it had not been for the fact that it had been solemnly placed here, it would have been discarded by the roadside as an ordinary stone. Holding this stone in his hand, there was an immediate burning sensation in his palm, and he immediately spread his hand out, only to find that there was nothing wrong with his palm. Ye Yiran became even more curious in his heart, what the hell is this? Holding the stone in his hand, the feeling I had before came back. Raising his head and looking around at the surrounding arrangement, quietly, a trace of unease suddenly appeared in his heart.
Ignoring the bad feeling in the dim sum, he received the things into the space and hurriedly left here with everyone.
Soon they came to the fork in the road they had encountered, and now there was only one way left, and they raised their feet and walked along the other road.
The road was not long, it only took about ten minutes to walk out, and suddenly it was illuminated by the bright sun, and there was a tingling pain in everyone's eyes, and they quickly closed their eyes, and only opened their eyes after gradually getting used to the strong light outside. It turns out that during the time they have been inside, the dark clouds have dispersed.
I felt that the temperature around me seemed to have returned to normal, neither hot nor cold, but everyone was only surprised for a moment and left it behind. Looking behind them, they had already left the empty city, and everyone was not surprised when they thought of the maze of twists and turns underground.
There is a road that can be vaguely seen in front of you, but if you are not careful, you really can't find it, presumably this road is the road that people in this city used to walk, but because of the desertion of this city, there are no people walking on this road anymore, so over time it has been abandoned with the city. The weeds around it were almost covered up, but if you looked closely, you could still make out the way.
Ye Yiran took out the car they used when they came from the space, and the group quickly got into the car and drove forward along the road that was almost covered, hoping that after this road went out, they could know where they were.
In a group of people, one was injured in the arm and couldn't drive, one was a child, and the other was never able to drive in the mountains, leaving Ye Yiran and Fang Huiru, but Ye Yiran had been concentrating for a long time in order to get out of the maze before, and now she was very tired, in order not to owe them too much favor, Fang Huiru insisted on sitting in the cab, although she didn't know how much she owed them.
Driving the car, Fang Huiru frowned, trying to identify the looming road, and she could drive to other places without paying attention.
Ye Yiran only had time at this time to take out the stones and unfamiliar fruits placed in the space and study them carefully. He didn't have much of a feeling about the fruit of the mission target, so he looked at it and threw it into the space. The rest of the stone, which can be said to be ugly-looking, was held in his hand and played, and sure enough, the previous feeling was not his illusion, and there was indeed a burning feeling when he held it in his hand. Close your eyes and feel the strange sensation that this stone brings. It was only a moment later that he opened his eyes, and no one noticed that his eyes flashed a bewitching red, not even for him.
Fang Huiru seemed to feel something, looked at him through the rearview mirror, but couldn't find anything wrong, but suddenly felt that his breath seemed to be a little strange, and she couldn't tell what it felt, but it gave her a feeling of fear. Shaking her head, she must have been too tired to hallucinate, otherwise how could such a thought appear.
Rhubarb, who had been lying by his side honestly, suddenly raised his head, glanced at Ye Yiran vigilantly, and then blinked his eyes suspiciously, was the feeling just now an illusion of it?
This little episode did not get everyone's attention, and even the person concerned, Ye Yiran, never took it to heart.
At the end of the road, there was another three-way road ahead, but no one was worried about choosing that road, because it was already a familiar place for them. Usually when I go out on a mission, I often go here, but no one expected that there would be a road leading there one day, but this road was completely unrecognizable here after this, Fang Huiru drove to the end completely by feeling, and it was really fortunate that she could walk out safely.
Seeing that they could return to the base today, the big stone hanging in their hearts finally fell, revealing a smile that had been suppressed for several days.
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After returning to the base, everyone's lives returned to the state of the last days, taking on tasks, killing zombies, and looking for supplies.
Ye Yiran is no exception, but this kind of life has not lasted too long and has made a difference. At first, he just felt that his appetite was not very good, and he did not notice anything strange in his body, but until today, he finds that his memory sometimes suddenly appears blank. He couldn't remember what he had done in this blank time, and his heart gradually began to become anxious.
It's just that no one can know his troubles now, and no one can find a solution. If he and Fang Huiru hadn't broken up yet, with their concern for each other, they might still be known by Fang Huiru, and they might be able to find a solution, but it's a pity that now that the two of them meet, they will only look away awkwardly, how can they have the opportunity to find out about his strangeness. But in the end, no one knows whether this change is good or bad, but Ye Yiran doesn't like this feeling, because he doesn't know what he did during this time without memory, and this feeling of not being able to be mastered is really too bad.
Considering the reason for this phenomenon, I finally thought of the wooden box and stone in the space and took them out. He didn't know that now this box was no different from an ordinary box, its special place had already completed its mission when he first touched this box, and although the stone still contained some unknown energy, it was not much, and more people had already been absorbed by him. As for the difference between the two will bring him, he will only let people know when that day comes, but I don't know if he will know by then.