Chapter VI Preparations
Just when Shennong was huddled in the corner, thinking about the embarrassment alone, another man's dry voice sounded out of this empty crystal room at an inopportune time, "You, have something on your mind?" β
At first hearing the sound, Shennong woke up like a dream, raised his head suddenly, and followed the sound.
I saw that the man who was lying on the hospital bed before, staring at the ceiling, sat up facing the direction of Shennong at this moment.
The crimson eyes of this person surrounded Shennong from afar like a dancing flame.
"Guess what?" Seeing this, Shennong stood up, forced a grin, and walked over.
As Shennong approached, the red-eyed man said affirmatively: "You, you have something on your mind." β
Suddenly, the smile on Shennong's face froze.
With a sigh, Shennong walked quickly to the red-pupiled man, sat down, and said with a helpless smile: "Although I don't want to admit it." But, in this boring world, who knows my mind best, who else is you? β
The red-pupiled man raised his eyebrows, looked at Shennong seriously, and spit out two words: "Tell me." β
"Actually, it's not a big deal." Shennong waved his hand and pretended to be relaxed: "It's just that when I went out for treatment today, a certain ......... Before, people I thought I knew very well suddenly said something strange to me, which made my heart a little confused. β
"Oh."
Hearing this, the red-eyed man seemed to have lost interest, and after answering expressionlessly, he stopped speaking and sat quietly with Shennong.
The sound of the reply was annihilated, and the rare noise in this crystal room returned to calm, like a pool of stagnant water, even if someone dropped a stone, it could not blow up a wave.
Time passed, and the hour hand hanging in the crystal room had turned five or six times.
At this time, Shennong suddenly asked, "Zhu Rong, have you ever thought about leaving here?" β
The red-pupiled man's body trembled, and a strange color faintly appeared in his empty eyes, and then he turned his head to look at Shennong and asked, "You, want to leave?" β
"I ........." Before he finished speaking, Shennong suddenly pursed his lower lip, his two delicate eyebrows were almost twisted together, and his pale face showed a look of struggle, "That's it!" I won't hide it from you. I do.......... Some of them were moved. Because, I've been in this place for a long time, and I've forgotten the time for a long time, but luckily......... Dr. Liao still remembers. β
"However, over the years, in addition to the pain......... I never got the answer I was looking for. β
Speaking of which, Shennong quickly unbuttoned his hospital gown.
Then, with a shrug of his shoulders, the clothes slid down his skin and fell onto the bed.
Shennong tilted his head slightly, glanced at his back from the corner of his eye, and looked intently at the mysterious marks engraved on his back in the shape of plants and trees, flashing with blood-colored brilliance, and said helplessly: "Five years ago, it was because I couldn't get answers from the outside world that I chose to come here. But now, five years have passed, maybe ......... As the man said, the outside world is no longer what it used to be. β
"Therefore, I want to go out and have a look, but I am afraid of ........." At this point, Shennong paused, retracted his gaze, quickly got dressed, and then continued: "Continue to be disappointed." β
The red-eyed man silently listened to Shennong's words, pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Do you have a way to leave?" β
Shennong nodded, shook his head again, and finally replied in a vague tone of uncertainty that was not certain: "The man said that at twelve o'clock at noon in three days, the defense system of an underground base will be paralyzed for an hour. If I can take advantage of this opportunity, I may be able to get out of here. β
The red-eyed man let out a long 'oh', then lowered his head and said nonchalantly, "Take me with you when you go."
"Huh?" Hearing this, Shennong was stunned for a moment, and then as if he heard some incredible sound, he plucked out his ears vigorously, jumped in front of the red-pupiled man, and asked, "That......... Did you just say something? β
The red-eyed man's expression remained unchanged, and he only glanced at Shennong with his residual vision, "I said, in three days, take me and leave here." β
As the red-eyed man's voice came into his ears clearly, this time, the white-haired Shennong could finally be 100% sure that this was not an auditory hallucination!
Is it a request?
Or is it a requirement?
All in all, no matter what the nature of this is, it is the first time that Shennong has heard it in so many years since he met the red-pupiled man, and what the red-pupiled man said and wanted to do.
Suddenly, Shennong was interested, looked at the red-eyed man in front of him with burning eyes, and asked, "Why?" Do you want to leave too? β
originally thought that this time I could finally hear the true thoughts he had hidden in his heart all these years from the mouth of this man with facial paralysis who had no sorrow, no joy, no desire and no desire. Unexpectedly, after hearing the inquiry, this person only shook his head woodenly, and replied with a serious face: "Without me, you can't run away." I can't live without you. If you want to leave, I will have to leave. β
"I'll go! You're a tsundere. Hearing him say this, Shennong was deeply resentful, pointed to the red-pupiled man's nose and said, "If you don't have me, you can't live, I admit this." β
"But why do you say that I can't run without you?"
"Huh."
The corners of the red-pupiled man's lips rose, and a rare sneer appeared on his expressionless face, "The system will be paralyzed, but people will not." In your strength, not their opponents. Not with me! As soon as the words fell, the red-pupiled man raised his right hand, and he didn't see any special movements, but his right palm actually 'soared', and a raging flame jumped.
The scorching temperature, swept out from the depths of the flames, and before it came into contact with it, one could feel the terrifying energy contained within.
Seeing this, Shennong smiled bitterly.
.........
Since then, the two in the Crystal Room have returned to peace, living as quietly as before, and neither of them has said anything about their escape plans.
But somehow, since Lu Ba left the underground base, the secret of this deep mountain hotel seems to have been exposed.
Driving into this mountain, there are surprisingly many people who ask for 'life', and the wheel marks left behind by their convoy can almost make a smooth mountain road.
And, even stranger.
In the past two days, most of the people who have traveled long distances to buy their lives here are some people who have not been formally invited by the underground base, but only through the introduction of personal friends, they know that there is an underground base, and they come from all walks of life who are seriously ill hidden rich.
Collect money from people and eliminate disasters for others.
This eight-character motto is the purpose that has been pursued since the establishment of the underground base.
Therefore, although the hidden rich people who come to the hotel are not invited, as long as they are willing to pay enough price, the underground base will not refuse.
Therefore, in the past two days, Shennong left the crystal house to 'heal' the patients more and more often.
There are more people coming, and in order to ensure the safety of the base, there are naturally more preparations that need to be made.
The underground base, which has always been deserted, has been a mess in the past two days, and even Dr. Liao, who is a full-time researcher, can only think of ways to sneak around.
And the mysterious nurse Xiaolin, although she didn't ask Shennong again to decide whether to leave or stay, she would often take advantage of Dr. Liao's opportunity to leave to rest and there was no more 'sober people' in the medical room, and secretly contact Shennong - sometimes, it was to tell Shennong about the distribution of guards at the base. Sometimes, it is to stuff some products from N years ago to Shennong. Sometimes, they handed Shennong a drawing directly.
That is, a structural diagram of the underground base.
Xiao Lin's ear power is very good, as long as she hears something, she will immediately take back the drawings from Shennong's hands, and widen the distance between her and Shennong, revealing her previous well-behaved and innocent appearance again.
In this way, unless Shennong specifically reports it, I'm afraid no one will suspect her.
Time is in a hurry, like a white horse passing through a gap, like two days later, Shennong has already cooked the back of the structural diagram of the underground base, and knows it well.
After forty-eight hours of painful and stressful work, the third day arrived as promised.
It was a good morning with the sun shining and the wind and sunshine.
But until 11 o'clock in the afternoon, no one came to the mountain inn in an attempt to buy 'life'.
This nameless deep mountain, after two days of heat, fell silent for no reason, and no one cared about it anymore.
It's weird, but the people in the underground base don't care.
Perhaps, most people still have some joy in their hearts, after all, after two busy days, they can finally relax for a while.
In the deepest part of the base, in the unique crystal house, a white-haired man codenamed Shennong and a red-eyed man codenamed Zhurong sat on two chairs, staring intently at the old-fashioned clock hanging on the wall.
As the second hand in the clock rotated rapidly, the minute hand shifted slightly, and the hour hand was about to fall on 'XII', Shennong's throat rolled and he spit out an inaudible voice, "Ten, nine, eight, seven......... Three, two, one! β
"Three, two, one!" At the most critical time, even Zhu Rong couldn't help but follow Shennong's thoughts.
The clock hanging on the wall had reached twelve o'clock, and the sound of 'bell-bell' sounded.
The two of them became a pair of frightened birds, frightened by the sudden loud sound of the bell, and stood up at the same time. Immediately after, the two of them had a tacit understanding, and turned their heads at the same time, looking through the transparent crystal wall at the steel world outside the houseβit's just that the cold silver world was still shining under the light, shining brightly, constantly emitting a penetrating cold light.
Seeing this, Shennong's pale face showed a touch of disbelief, and he immediately stepped away, lunged forward, and slammed into the crystal wall.
Bang!
With a loud bang, Shennong's forehead collided with the wall, and suddenly swelled.
Pain is inevitable.
But Shennong didn't immediately retreat, screaming, but kept squeezing hard forward, as if he wanted to inlay his eyes in the crystal wall.
Looking at the still bright steel world outside the house, Shennong looked like a mad tiger, gritted his teeth and said, "Impossible! Impossible! It should be this time! How can there be no change at all? β
"Could it be.......... Am I being scammed? β