Opening his eyes, Marin looked at the unfamiliar ceiling for a moment, turned his head to look around, there was no trace of Cross, and the soft bed was gone.

When I sat up, I found myself sleeping on the floor, the small room I saw for the first time when I came into this world.

Located in the basement of Seongnam District.

At this moment, the dust was ruling the room, and Marin saw the little dry bone in the corner holding his knees, and he was silent for a moment as he entered the slit again.

Is this the timeline when I didn't get out of this room and finally starved to death?

Glancing at his hands, the twigs of the World Tree did not follow, so Marin subconsciously opened the sacred abode, there was no imagined wail of the ghost, and there was no other scream of the spirit dying, and finally Marin walked to the door, he stretched out his hand and pushed the door, and then kicked the door open.

There was no imaginary noise, the city was shrouded in fog, the roar of machinery could be heard from afar, and Marin could smell the scorching and rusty smell in the air...... That's the smell of pollution.

Recalling where he was, Marin followed the street north and began to look for the girls.

The first stop, the Church of the Goddess of Harvest, Marin stood in front of the abandoned building and was silent for a while, and finally chose to go to Jessica's house.

Marin did not give up, searched all the way, but found that all the houses were empty, the city seemed to be abandoned, only the roar of machines, and from time to time wild animals ran in front of Marin, they were not afraid of people at all, and it was very curious that he found a spirit bear, who glanced at him, and had no intention of attacking at all, but moved his body that was obviously well fed and turned away.

The villa outside the city is a bit far away, with the current situation, Marin really doesn't have the confidence to go there God knows what will happen outside the city, in the case of not knowing, it is better to put safety first.

So Marin finally followed the path of his memory to the mage area, where he found that the road and the block had changed, and he also found traces of human activity, and with curiosity, Marin followed the traces all the way to the mage tower, and finally stopped outside the mage tower of Cross's house.

He saw that there was a light in the window of the Mage's Tower.

Walking forward, Marin rang the doorbell on the door.

The small window on the door was quickly opened, and a double-barreled shotgun was handed out first, and then the person inside snorted in a very hoarse voice, but it was definitely Kloss's voice, nothing wrong.

Marin stretched out his hand a little embarrassed: "Cross, it's me, Marin." ”

The people in the door were silent for a while, and finally, the door opened, and the person standing in the door, Cross, who appeared in front of Marin, was an old rabbit girl who was losing her hair, and if it weren't for the white hair on her chest, Marin would almost not be able to recognize that it was Cross.

"I never knew a little kid like you, where did you come from, there are no more people alive in Fort Carter." The old woman frowned, but looking at Marin, she finally gave way to her place: "Come in, I haven't had a guest in almost fifty years." ”

"Cross...... "Looking at the old woman in front of her, Marin felt a little heartache If this is a slit, then Cross in this world should not have touched herself, she should have lived in loneliness for so many years.

"Who the hell are you?" Closing the door, Cross looked at Marin, "Are you ...... Is it a living person? ”

"Of course, you can touch me, feel my heartbeat, where I come from...... Do you know about slits? Marin asked straight to the point.

"Yes, but I've never ...... No, I've never seen it before today, you really ...... It's true......" The rabbit put down her shotgun, reached out, touched Marin's face, and then put her hairless hand on Marin's chest, and although she was in her nightgown, she could still feel her heartbeat.

"Welcome to Fort Carter of this world, young visitor from the otherworld." Cross withdrew her hand, she walked to the table next to her, took one out of the rows of cans, pried one open with a dagger, and walked over to Marin with it: "Sorry, we only have this here." ”

"Canned?" Marin took the cans and found that they were two different types of canned food from his factory, and although everyone was canned vegetables, they definitely didn't have the same strong preservative taste as this one.

"Yes, ever since the awakening of the machine spirit and the abandonment of Fort Carter, I have been living by eating this thing."

Handing the can to Marin, Cross glanced at Marin, then walked to the calendar hanging on the wall: "This year, it should be 1879." ”

"You say you haven't seen a living person in fifty years?" Marlin held the can, partly because he was still full, and partly because it tasted so weird.

"Yes, fifty years, in 1819, the mechanical soul of the food processing factory awakened, it put a twisted machine in the can, and turned half of the people of Fort Carter into xenos, and after the people eliminated the xeno, the ghost had completed the change of neighborhood, and in order to avoid more casualties, people abandoned the city." Cross sat down on the chair across from Marin, and she looked at Marin, "Don't you eat it?" ”

"It doesn't smell good, thank you for your kindness." Marin placed the can on the table and pushed it back in front of her.

"The diet on the other side of the slit is good." Cross took the can, picked up the spoon and began to eat.

Marin watched her gobble up the food in the can, and for some reason, she wanted to cry: "Alone, it's very lonely." ”

Cross, who was drinking the soup, paused for a moment, then drank the soup with her neck tilted and put the can on the table: "Yes, at first, there will be people coming in to take a look, but as the Ghost begins to mass-produce mechanical bodies, not many people dare to come in, according to the news passed by the carrier pigeon, the Ghost seems to be content to occupy the northern part of the city, we have patrols here, but they will not attack me......" Speaking of this, the rabbit laughed, revealing the missing tooth gums: "Probably because I'm also a twisted monster." ”

"You're not a monster, you're my lover in that world." Marlin reached out to grab the rabbit's hand, but she withdrew her arm and looked at Marin in disbelief.

"Really...... Is it? She asked.

"Really." Marin said with a smile.

“…… I don't believe it. Cross shook her head: "Since I was a child, I have been a monster in everyone's eyes, even the clever who likes to hunt humans thinks that I am not a human, how can you be a cute child, how can you like a monster like me, even if you are still young in that era, but ...... Monsters are monsters. ”

The old rabbit stood up, she walked to the door with the can, threw it into a small bucket, and then turned to look at Marin: "You can find a room by yourself, but don't go up to the second floor, it will be dangerous." ”

"Fafa?" Marin asked.

“…… Looks like you're real. For the first time, the bunny girl genuinely laughed, and she looked up: "Fafa, come out to meet your guest, remember, don't hurt it." ”

Marin looked up and saw the large scorpion with compound eyes poking out from the top of the steps, clamping its pliers, and then retreating from the door.

"You even know the Fafa, it looks like you're real, and you're indeed my boyfriend in your world...... I was so lucky in that world. The old woman sighed, "I don't know how you came here safe and sound, but I must advise you not to go out, and next time I go out, I will bring you and Fafa back some more canned meat." ”

"Don't you want to know your story in that world?" Marin asked.

“…… No matter how happy I am in that matter, what does it have to do with me. With that, Cross walked to the workbench: "I am eighty-six years old, Mr. Marin, an old woman who does not know tomorrow today, death is no longer a philosophical concept for me, but a very urgent question, let me go quietly on the road of life." ”

“…… Okay, but what are you doing, bullets. ”

"Yes, for self-preservation, but sometimes I also hunt to get some fresh meat for Fafa." After saying that, this Cross turned her head to look at Marin: "Will you do it?" ”

"Of course, I'll have something else."

Marin smiled and began to help Cross make the bullet, and Marlin's magical psionic ability could quickly shape the bullet and coat it with copper.

When all this was done, the old woman finally sighed: "Thank you, Mr. Marin. ”

"You're welcome, you in that world are not as cheerful and assertive as you." Marin looked at Cross in front of him: "Although we are people from two worlds, I still have to say that I am very happy to meet you, because here, I am the only one left." ”

"Do you have any other lovers?" Cross asked with a smile.

"Yes, Faye, do you know me?"

"Of course, our queen, how can she not know, in the clever disaster, her two brothers and father were killed in battle, and she had no choice but to become the queen to stabilize the country." Cross sighed at this, she packed her things, and walked to the second floor: "I'll go and take a break." ”

Marin looked at her body, this is indeed an old man in her last years, her tail is very badly lost, and her body can already be seen.

Maybe it's caused by a lack of vitamins, maybe it's caused by a long time of canned credit, anyway, in Marin's opinion, when she walks up the steps, she needs to hold on to the wall.

She...... I've really started the countdown to her life.

With this thought, Marin walked aside and sat down, and Marin, who wanted to take a break, quickly fell asleep.

………………

Being pushed awake, Marin opened his eyes and saw the familiar ceiling, then turned his head and saw the familiar Cross, the rabbit girl looked at Marlin and smiled very shyly: "Good morning, Mr. Marin." ”

Marin stretched out his hand and stroked the rabbit girl's ear: "I just had a dream, and I had you in the dream." ”

"Really." Cross seemed happy.

"Yes, you in the dream, although you don't know me, you are still so cute." Marin finished with a smile, and then sat up: "Get up, let's go downstairs." ”

"Hmm." Bunny Girl jumped out of bed and began to change her clothes in front of Marin, her body completely enveloped in beautiful fluff.

Noticing Marin looking at her, Cross tilted her head, "Is there anything wrong, Mr. Marin." ”

"It's nothing, I just think you're cute." Marin replied with a smile.